Geographical variation and factors associated with colorectal cancer mortality in a universal health care system

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 191-197

  Torabi, Mahmoud ^a   Green, Christopher ^a   Nugent, Zoann ^a,b   Mahmud, Salaheddin M ^a   Demers, Alain A ^a   Griffith, Jane ^a   Singh, Harminder ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Community Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer mortality; Spatial patterns; Universal health care; Worsening socioeconomic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANADA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DESCENDING COLON; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902661366     PISSN: 22912789     EISSN: 22912797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/707420     Document Type: Article

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