Colorectal cancer screening coverage in Greece. PACMeR 02.01 study collaboration

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-481

  Kamposioras, Konstantinos ^a   Mauri, Davide ^a,b   Golfinopoulos, Vassilis ^b   Ferentinos, Georgios ^a   Zacharias, Georgios ^a   Xilomenos, Apostolos ^a   Polyzos, Nikolaos P ^a   Bristianou, Magdalini ^a   Chasioti, Dimitra ^a   Milousis, Athanasios ^a   Vittoraki, Angeliki ^a   Koukourakis, Georgios ^a   Chatziioannou, Ioanna ^a   Papadopoulos, Panagiotis ^a  

^a Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research PACMeR   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Digital rectal examination; Sigmoidoscopy; Stool occult blood test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947658856     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-006-0186-6     Document Type: Article

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