Rurality and other determinants of early colorectal cancer diagnosis in nebraska: A 6-year cancer registry study, 1998-2003

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-365

  Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri ^a   Watanabe Galloway, Shinobu ^b   Sun, Junfeng ^c   Qiu, Fang ^b   Boilesen, Eugene ^b   Thorson, Alan G ^d,e  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; POPULATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349485722     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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