Increasing incidence of colon and rectal cancer among Hispanics and American Indians in New Mexico (United States), 1969-94

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-144

  Chao, Ann ^a,e   Gilliland, Frank D ^b   Hunt, William C ^a   Bulterys, Marc ^c   Becker, Thomas M ^d   Key, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms; Hispanic Americans; Incidence; Indians; Mortality; Rectal neoplasms; United States; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW MEXICO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031900420     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008874025626     Document Type: Article

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