Patient preferences and adherence to colorectal cancer screening in an urban population

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 809-811

  Wolf, Randi L ^a   Basch, Charles E ^a,b   Brouse, Corey H ^c   Shmukler, Celia ^d   Shea, Steven ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^d Dis Management and Wellness Program   (United States)

^e New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; SCREENING TEST; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646270170     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.049684     Document Type: Article

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