Surveillance after colorectal cancer diagnosis in a safety net hospital

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1138-1151

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a   Harris, Julie ^b   Bowen, Deborah J ^a   Schroy III, Paul C ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Delivery of health care; Race; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649533119     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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