Colorectal carcinoma mortality among Appalachian men and women, 1969-1999

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2851-2858

  Armstrong, Lori R ^a,b   Thompson, Trevor ^a   Hall, H Irene ^a   Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Steele, Brooke ^a   Rogers, Joe D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian region; Colorectal carcinoma; Joinpoint; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 10044225742     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20667     Document Type: Article

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