Knowledge and perceptions of colorectal cancer screening among urban African Americans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 977-983

  Greiner, K Allen ^a,b   Born, Wendi ^b   Nollen, Nicole ^b   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Colorectal cancer; Minority; Qualitative; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28444488954     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0165.x     Document Type: Article

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