Workplace colorectal cancer-screening awareness programs: An adjunct to primary care practice?

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Bagai, Akshay ^a   Parsons, Karen ^b   Malone, Brenda ^c   Fantino, Julian ^c   Paszat, Lawrence ^d   Rabeneck, Linda ^e  

^a Women's College Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Toronto Police Service   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Health promotion; Mass screening; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34247869671     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-006-9042-4     Document Type: Article

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