Colorectal cancer screening among African-American and white male veterans

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 479-482

  Dolan, Nancy C ^a   Ferreira, M Rosario ^a,c,d   Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a   Davis, Terry C ^e   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Liu, Dachao ^a   Lee, June ^f   Wolf, Michael ^a,b,c   Schmitt, Brian P ^a,d   Bennett, Charles L ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research   (United States)

^d JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOLDIER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 21144440592     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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