Biomed. Papers 145(1), 5-10 (2001) | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2001.001
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COLORECTAL CANCER
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Olomouc
This review article presents colorectal cancer epidemiology, describing main epidemiologic characteristics and the influenceof environmental and life style risk factors. The most important ideas for primary prevention are listed at the endof the article.
Keywords: Colorectal cancer, Epidemiology, Risk factors
Published: July 1, 2001 Show citation
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