Screening prevalence and incidence of colorectal cancer among American Indian/Alaskan natives in the Indian Health Service

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2104-2113

  Day, Lukejohn W ^a,b   Espey, David K ^c,d   Madden, Erin ^b   Segal, Mark ^b   Terdiman, Jonathan P ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Health disparity; Incidence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALASKA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959718210     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1528-3     Document Type: Article

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