Prevalence of polyps and diverticulosis of the large bowel in the Cretan population. An autopsy study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 257-261

  Paspatis, G A ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^a   Zois, E ^a   Michalodimitrakis, E ^b  

^a Benizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal polyps; Crete; Diverticulosis of the large bowel; Greece

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; UNITED STATES;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034914429     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840100304     Document Type: Article

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