Uniquely women's issues in colorectal cancer screening

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Wolf, Jacqueline L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845453225     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00978.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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