Racial variation in colorectal polyp and tumor location

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 723-728

  Thornton, Julia Gore ^a   Morris, Arden M ^b   Thornton, John Daryl ^a   Flowers, Christopher R ^c   McCashland, Timothy M ^d  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Polyps; Prevention; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM POLYP; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447517535     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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