What can we do about low colorectal cancer screening rates?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1736-1738

  Rabeneck, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; CANADA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 34547640489     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01210.x     Document Type: Review

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