Guaiac versus immunochemical tests: Faecal occult blood test screening for colorectal cancer in a rural community

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 358-364

  Hughes, Karen ^a   Leggett, Barbara ^b   Del Mar, Christopher ^c   Croese, John ^d   Fairley, Stephen ^d   Masson, John ^d   Aitken, Joanne ^a,e,f   Clavarino, Alexandra ^f   Janda, Monika ^a,e   Stanton, Warren R ^f   Tong, Shilu ^a   Newman, Beth ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERFORMANCE; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 27944446064     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00207.x     Document Type: Article

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