Trends in incidence of colorectal cancer in Jewish and Arab populations in Central Israel

Digestion

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-227

  Fireman, Zvi ^a,b   Neiman, Elena ^a   Mouch, Saif Abu ^a   Kopelman, Yael ^a,b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer, Arabs and Jews; Colorectal cancer, incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEASHORE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29244436136     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089921     Document Type: Article

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