Colorectal cancer screening: Prevalence among low-income groups with health insurance

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Emmons, Karen M ^a   Lobb, Rebecca ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^b   Bennett, Gary ^a   Stoffel, Elena ^c   Syngal, Sapna ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59449103618     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.169     Document Type: Article

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