Survey of primary physicians' knowledge of colorectal cancer screening

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-67

  Birkenfeld, Shlomo ^b   Niv, Yaron ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Gastrointestinal; Knowledge; Neoplasm; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644981364     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000190763.18734.cd     Document Type: Article

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