Racial differences in the incidence of colorectal cancer

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Virk, Rukinder ^a   Gill, Sharlene ^b   Yoshida, Eric ^c   Radley, Simon ^d   Salh, Baljinder ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Incidence; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COLOMBIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 77951241963     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/565613     Document Type: Article

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