The changing distribution of colorectal cancer in Barbados: 1985-2004

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1215-1222

  Zbar, Andrew P ^a,c   Inniss, Michael ^b   Prussia, Patsy R ^a   Shenoy, Radhakanth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Barbados Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Barbados)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Barbados; Colorectal cancer; Demography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARBADOS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447645444     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0238-1     Document Type: Article

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