Patient education for colon cancer screening: A randomized trial of a video mailed before a physical examination

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 683-692

  Zapka, Jane G ^a,b   Lemon, Stephenie C ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^a   Estabrook, Barbara ^a   Luckmann, Roger ^a   Erban, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 7244234292     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00009     Document Type: Article

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