Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Large Medical Organization

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 314-319

  Hawley, Sarah T ^a   Vernon, Sally W ^b   Levin, Bernard ^c   Vallejo, Beryl ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 1242336879     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-509-2     Document Type: Article

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