The impact of bowel cancer awareness week

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-485

  Pullyblank, A M ^a,c   Dixon, N ^b   Dixon, A R ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Gloucester Road Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Survey; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036849001     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2002.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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