The association between social networks and colorectal cancer screening in American males and females: Data from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1227-1233

  Ye, Jiali ^a   Williams, Shanita D ^a   Xu, Zhiheng ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Community organization; Population based survey; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68449088161     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9335-x     Document Type: Article

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