A field test of the effects of instruction design on colorectal cancer self-screening accuracy

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 709-723

  Feufel, Markus A ^a   Schneider, Tamera R ^a   Berkel, Hans J ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cancer Prevention Institute Dayton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE; STANDARD;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE;

EID: 77956603627     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyq015     Document Type: Article

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