Colorectal cancer prevention: Adherence patterns and correlates of tests done for screening purposes within United States populations

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-143

  Ata, Ashar ^a   Elzey, Jared D ^a   Insaf, Tabassum Z ^a   Grau, Ana M ^a   Stain, Steven C ^b   Ahmed, Nasar U ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Age; BMI; Body mass index; Colorectal neoplasms; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; European continental ancestry group; Family cancer history; FOBT; Gender; Health surveys; Hispanic Americans; Leisure time physical activity; Lifestyle; Marital status; Mass screening; Preventive screening; Race; Risk; Screening adherence; Socio demographics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646775706     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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