Rural-urban differences in colon cancer risk in blacks and whites: The North Carolina Colon Cancer Study

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Kinney, Anita Yeomans ^a   Harrell, Janna ^b   Slattery, Marty ^a   Martin, Christopher ^c,d   Sandler, Robert S ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645094649     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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