Trends in colorectal cancer incidence in Norway 1962-2006: An interpretation of the temporal patterns by anatomic subsite

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 721-732

  Larsen, Inger Kristin ^a   Bray, Freddie ^a,b  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analyses; Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Subsite; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73449102188     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24839     Document Type: Article

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