Correlates of screening sigmoidoscopy use among men in a large nonprofit health plan

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-281

  Haque, Reina ^a   Quinn, Virginia P ^a   Habel, Laurel A ^b   Enger, Shelley M ^a   Sternfeld, Barbara ^b   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^b   Sadler, Marianne ^b   Chiu, Vicki ^a   Caan, Bette ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Epidemiology; Health disparities; Sigmoidoscopy; Utilization

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 34547218591     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22775     Document Type: Article

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