The noise stops you from hearing good music: The possibilities for a mortality reduction program for cancer of the colon and rectum in São Paulo

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 95-96

  Lotufo, Paulo Andrade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BARIUM ENEMA; BRAZIL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0042888793     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802003000300001     Document Type: Editorial

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