Intention to screen for colorectal cancer among white male employees

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-287

  Myers, Ronald E ^a   Vernon, Sally W ^b   Tilley, Barbara C ^c   Lu, Mei ^c   Watts, Beatty G ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Intention; Screening; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032030162     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0264     Document Type: Article

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