Colorectal cancer screening among African Americans: The importance of physician recommendation

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 806-812

  Taylor, Vicky ^a,b   Lessler, Daniel ^b,c   Mertens, Kathy ^c   Tu, Shin Ping ^b,c   Hart, Alton ^a,b,c   Chan, Nadine ^a,b   Shu, Jianfen ^a   Thompson, Beti ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Colorectal cancer screening; Physician recommendation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CITY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEGRO; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0141818420     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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