Sociodemographic correlates of stage of adoption for colorectal cancer screening in African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Christie, Jennifer ^a,c   Jandorf, Lina ^c   Itzkowitz, Steven ^c   Halm, Ethan ^c   Freeman, Kim ^c   King, Sheba ^b   Dhulkifl, Rayhana ^c   McNair, Michelle ^b   Thelemaque, Linda ^b   Lawsin, Catalina ^b   Duhamel, Katherine ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer prevention; Colorectal cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349761670     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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