Changes in risk factors and increases in screening contribute to the decline in colorectal cancer mortality, 1975 to 2000

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 698-

  Zauber, Ann G ^a   Lansdorp Vogelaar, Iris ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; MULTIVITAMIN;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FOOD INTAKE; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955494675     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.011     Document Type: Letter

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