Epidemiological changes in colorectal cancern in Shiraz, Iran: 1980-2000

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 547-549

  Hosseini, Seyed Vahid ^a   Izadpanah, Ahmad ^a   Yarmohammadi, Hooman ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dietary habit; Incidence; Iran; Shiraz; Site of distribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3442898822     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.03064.x     Document Type: Article

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