Race, ethnicity, sex and temporal differences in Barrett's oesophagus diagnosis: A large community-based study, 1994-2006

Gut

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-188

  Corley, D A ^a,b   Kubo, A ^a   Levin, T R ^a   Block, G ^c   Habel, L ^a   Rumore, G ^d   Quesenberry, C ^a   Buffler, P ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849148601     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.163360     Document Type: Article

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