Cancer screening in Greece. Guideline awareness and prescription behavior among Hellenic physicians

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 452-460

  Kamposioras, Konstantinos ^a   Mauri, Davide ^a   Alevizaki, Paraskevi ^a   Ferentinos, Georgios ^a   Karampoiki, Vassiliki ^a   Kouiroukidou, Parthena ^a   Zorba, Eugenia ^a   Proiskos, Anastasios ^a   Chasioti, Dimitra ^a   Panou, Charalampos ^a   Gkinosati, Anastasia ^a   Chatziioannou, Ioanna ^a   Aggelinas, Georgios ^a   Xilomenos, Apostolos ^a  

^a Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research PACMeR   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost effective; Non recommended tests; Prevention; Primary care physicians; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

GREECE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 51649092804     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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