Underuse of screening sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy in a large cohort of US adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1775-1781

  Chao, Ann ^a   Connell, Cari J ^a   Cokkinides, Vilma ^a   Jacobs, Eric J ^a   Calle, Eugenia E ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4944219929     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.10.1775     Document Type: Article

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