Colorectal cancer screening among men and women in the United States

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Peterson, Neeraja B ^a   Murff, Harvey J ^a,b   Ness, Reid M ^a,b   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847178786     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0131     Document Type: Article

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