Social ties and colorectal cancer screening among blacks and whites in North Carolina

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-189

  Kinney, Anita Yeomans ^a,b   Bloor, Lindsey E ^a,b   Martin, Christopher ^c,d   Sandler, Robert S ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 12844267443     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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