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ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2017

Is Month of Birth a Risk Factor for Colorectal Cancer?

N K Francis, N J Curtis, E Noble, M Cortina-Borja, E Salib

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Article in Gastroenterology research and practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Does month of birth influence colorectal cancer prognosis?Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023
    Observational
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

N K FrancisDepartment of General Surgery, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Kingston, Yeovil BA21 4AT, UK; Faculty of Science, University of Bath, Wessex House 3.22, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8498-9175
N J CurtisDepartment of General Surgery, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Kingston, Yeovil BA21 4AT, UK; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Floor 10, QEQM Building, St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK.
E NobleDepartment of General Surgery, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Kingston, Yeovil BA21 4AT, UK.
M Cortina-BorjaCentre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
E SalibFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID28133478
PMCPMC5241469

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