Attitudes toward performance of endoscopic colon cancer screening by family physicians

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 578-584

  Wilkins, Thad ^a   Wagner, Peggy ^a   Thomas, Andria ^a   Schade, Robert ^a   Farnell, Allison ^a   Boyd, Rebecca ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCULT BLOOD; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 34548414980     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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