Racial/ethnic patterns of uptake of colorectal screening, National Health Interview Survey 2000-2008

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 621-636

  Shavers, Vickie L ^a   Jackson, Monica C ^b   Sheppard, Vanessa B ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Health disparities; Race ethnicity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956854634     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30640-4     Document Type: Article

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