Gender Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening: True or False?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1409-1417

  Callcut, Rachel A ^a   Kaufman, Stephanie ^a   Stone Newsom, Robert ^a   Remington, Patrick ^a   Mahvi, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; gender; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33845444342     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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