Do physician recommendations for colorectal cancer screening differ by patient age?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 435-438

  Sewitch, Maida J ^a   Fournier, Caroline ^b   Dawes, Martin ^a   Yaffe, Mark ^a   Snell, Linda ^a   Roper, Mark ^a   Zanelli, Ratrizia ^a   Pavilanis, Alan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Colorectal cancer; Disparity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 34548177006     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/938978     Document Type: Article

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