Factors associated with the use of flexible sigmoidoscopy as a screening test for the detection of colorectal carcinoma by primary care physicians

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1476-1481

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a,b,d   Fortinsky, Richard H ^a   Hapke, Ronald ^a   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Patient acceptance of healthcare; Physicians' practice patterns; Public health; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERTIFICATION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0032522975     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980415)82:8<1476::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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