Colorectal cancer screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBt): A survey of GP attitudes and practices in the UK

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Damery, Sarah ^a   Clifford, Sue ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77949725125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-20     Document Type: Article

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