Association of socioeconomic status and receipt of colorectal cancer investigations: A population-based retrospective cohort study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-465

  Singh, Sheldon M ^a   Paszat, Lawrence F ^b,c   Li, Cindy ^c   He, Jingsong ^c   Vinden, Chris ^c,d   Rabeneck, Linda ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; DEATH; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4444310457     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1031921     Document Type: Article

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