Ethnic and Sex Disparities in Colorectal Neoplasia Among Hispanic Patients Undergoing Screening Colonoscopy

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 997-1001

  Lathroum, Liselle ^a   Ramos Mercado, Fernando ^c   Hernandez Marrero, Jessica ^d   Villafaña, Myriam ^c   Cruz Correa, Marcia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^c Instituto de Gastroenterología de Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer Rate; Colonic Adenoma; Epidemiology; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865341302     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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