Attitudes, knowledge and practice of crc screening among GPs in queensland

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 547-550

  Youl, Philippa H ^a   Jackson, Claire ^b   Oldenburg, Brian ^c   Brown, Christopher ^d   Dunn, Jeff ^e   Aitken, Joanne ^a  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Queensland Cancer Fund ^*

^e CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 39049176588     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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