Having a personal health care provider and receipt of colorectal cancer testing

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Cardarelli, Roberto ^a,b   Thomas, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNTHSC   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Colorectal cancer; Health care delivery; Health promotion; Health services accessibility; Health services research; Primary health care; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449140932     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.904     Document Type: Article

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