Colorectal cancer incidence rates in the Louisiana Acadian parishes demonstrated to be among the highest in the United States

Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e60-

  Karlitz, Jordan J ^a   Blanton, Christine ^a   Andrews, Patricia ^b   Chen, Vivien W ^b   Wu, Xiao Cheng ^b   Fontham, Elizabeth ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927934866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2155384X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ctg.2014.10     Document Type: Article

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