Literacy and knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about colorectal cancer screening

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 651-663

  Guerra, Carmen E ^a,d   Dominguez, Francisco ^b   Shea, Judy A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 31544481887     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730500267720     Document Type: Article

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