Impact of Comorbidity on Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Veterans Healthcare System

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 991-996

  Fisher, Deborah A ^a,b   Galanko, Joseph ^c   Dudley, Tara K ^a   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON SCORE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCULT BLOOD; SCORING SYSTEM; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34547204979     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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