Health insurance-related disparities in colorectal cancer screening in Virginia

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 834-837

  De Bosset, Vanessa ^a   Atashili, Julius ^a   Miller, William ^a   Pignone, Michael ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 42149127625     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2760     Document Type: Article

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