Racial disparity in death from colorectal cancer: Does vitamin D deficiency contribute?

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1061-1069

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a,b   Winters, Paul ^a   Tancredi, Daniel ^c,d   Hendren, Samantha ^e   Franks, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Disparities; Income; Minorities; Poverty; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952013358     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25647     Document Type: Article

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