Racial disparities in gastrointestinal cancers-related mortality in the US population

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 236-243

  Jinjuvadia, Raxitkumar ^a   Jinjuvadia, Kartikkumar ^b   Liangpunsakul, Suthat ^b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GI cancer mortality; NHANES III; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; NEGRO; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873163106     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2312-3     Document Type: Article

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