Knowledge, perception and practices of colorectal cancer screening in an ethnically diverse population

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 604-610

  Koo, Jenn Hian ^a,b   Arasaratnam, Mal M ^b   Liu, Ken ^a   Redmond, Diane M ^a   Connor, Susan J ^a,b   Sung, Joseph J Y ^c   Leong, Rupert W L ^a,b  

^a Gastroenterology and Liver Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Ethnicity; Knowledge; Perception; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957223172     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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