Family physicians' choices of and opinions on colorectal cancer screening modalities

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Zettler, Michael ^a   Mollon, Brent ^a   Da Silva, Vitor ^a   Howe, Brett ^a   Speechley, Mark ^b   Vinden, Chris ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77957672257     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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