Perspectives on colorectal cancer screening: A focus group study

Health Expectations

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  Goel, Vivek ^a   Gray, Ross ^a   Chart, Pam ^a   Fitch, Marg ^a   Saibil, Fred ^a   Zdanowicz, Yola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Colorectal neoplasms; Health education; Knowledge; Mass screening; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ONTARIO;

EID: 1242295187     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2003.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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