Health beliefs and endoscopic screening for colorectal cancer: Potential for cancer prevention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 128-136

  Codori, Ann Marie ^a,b   Petersen, Gloria M ^a,c   Miglioretti, Diana L ^a   Boyd, Patricia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; Disease susceptibility; Health behavior; Odds ratio; Patient compliance; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034884716     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-7435(01)80009-8     Document Type: Article

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