Colorectal cancer in the Split-Dalmatia County

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-426

  Tripković, Ingrid ^d   Strnad, Marija ^a   Polić Vižintin, Marina ^a   Mulić, Rosanda ^b   Tripković, Ivo ^b   Rakuljić, Marija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c Emergency Medicine Service   (Croatia)

^d Emergency Medical Service ^*

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms epidemiology; Colorectal neoplasms mortality; Croatia; Health service research; Incidence; Split Dalmatia County

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77951154075     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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