Canadian physician's choices for their own colon cancer screening

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-284

  Raza, Mamoon ^a   Bernstein, Charles N ^a   Ilnyckyj, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646382575     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/969832     Document Type: Article

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