Colorectal cancer screening: Practices and attitudes of gastroenterologists, internists and surgeons

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 434-440

  Hilsden, Robert J ^a,b,d   McGregor, S Elizabeth ^b,c   Murray, Allison ^a   Khoja, Shariq ^b   Bryant, Heather ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Division of Population Health and Information   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OCCULT BLOOD; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPE; SURGEON;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURGERY;

EID: 30944447072     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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