Stage of colon cancer at diagnosis: Implications for risk factor associations?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 382-387

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Edwards, Sandra L ^a   Samowitz, Wade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bias; Cigarette smoking; Colonic neoplasia; Family history; Tumour stage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; UTAH;

EID: 0031869316     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.382     Document Type: Article

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