Overcoming barriers to colorectal cancer screening tests

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 621-626

  Lachter, Jesse ^a   Leska Aharoni, Tal ^a   Warum, Daniel ^a   Eliakim, Rami ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Public lectures; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 55249113658     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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