The prevalence of colorectal adenomas in Māori and New Zealand Europeans parallels colorectal cancer rates

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1320, 2010, Pages

  Dickson, Graeme ^a   Cunningham, Chris W ^b   Parry, Susan ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; ABORIGINE; ADENOMA; CAUCASIAN; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADENOMA; ADULT; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955994537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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