Comparison of self-reported fecal occult blood testing with automated laboratory records among older women in a health maintenance organization

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 617-621

  Mandelson, Margaret T ^a   Lacroix, Andrea Z ^a   Anderson, Lynda A ^b   Nadel, Marion R ^b   Lee, Nancy C ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Medical audit; Occult blood; Screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 0033568763     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010060     Document Type: Article

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