Colorectal cancer screening among the medically underserved

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-54

  Wolf, Michael S ^a   Satterlee, Melissa ^b   Calhoun, Elizabeth A ^c   Skripkauskas, Silvia ^a   Fulwiler, Daniel ^b   Diamond Shapiro, Linda ^b   Alvarez, Hugo ^b   Eder, Mickey ^b   Mukundan, Padmanabhan ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Access Community Health Network   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Primary care; Referral; Safety net; Screening; Underserved

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHICAGO; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POVERTY AREAS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33644771149     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0037     Document Type: Article

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