Racial Differences in the Receipt of Bowel Surveillance Following Potentially Curative Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6 II, 2003, Pages 1885-1904

  Ellison, Gary L ^a   Warren, Joan L ^b   Knopf, Kevin B ^c   Brown, Martin L ^b  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Annapolis Oncology Hematology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; SEER Medicare; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0346390837     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00207.x     Document Type: Review

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