Association between colonoscopy rates and colorectal cancer mortality

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1627-1632

  Rabeneck, Linda ^a,b,c   Paszat, Lawrence F ^b,c   Saskin, Refik ^c   Stukel, Therese A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954428192     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.83     Document Type: Article

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