Colorectal carcinoma among Indigenous people: A public hospital-based study in Townsville and Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 972-976

  Lu, Ping Yan ^b   Turner, Richard ^b   Roberts, Val ^b   Ho, Yik Hong ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Indigenous Australians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ABORIGINE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644878312     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03592.x     Document Type: Article

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