Rural Versus Urban Colorectal and Lung Cancer Patients: Differences in Stage at Presentation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 636-641

  Paquette, Ian ^a   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 35448972907     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.04.043     Document Type: Article

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