How to enhance physician and public acceptance and utilisation of colon cancer screening recommendations

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-520

  Senore, Carlo ^a   Malila, Nea ^b   Minozzi, Silvia ^c,d   Armaroli, Paola ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Health promotion; Mass screening; Screening uptake

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REVIEW;

EID: 77956595480     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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