Colorectal cancer screening: The time is now!

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1068-1070

  Walsh, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 28444446738     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00246.x     Document Type: Editorial

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