Prostate and colon cancer screening messages in popular magazines

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 843-848

  Katz, Mira L ^a,c   Sheridan, Stacey ^b   Pignone, Michael ^a,b   Lewis, Carmen ^b   Battle, Jamila ^b   Gollop, Claudia ^a   O'Malley, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Prostate cancer; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERIODICALS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4143081568     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30504.x     Document Type: Review

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