Health care provider-directed intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among veterans: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1548-1554

  Ferreira, M Rosario ^a   Dolan, Nancy C ^a   Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a   Davis, Terry C ^a   Gorby, Nicolle ^a   Ladewski, Lisa ^a   Liu, Dachao ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Medio, Franklin ^a   Schmitt, Brian P ^a   Bennett, Charles L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; VETERAN; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 20144361829     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.07.049     Document Type: Review

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