Colorectal cancer screening preferences among African Americans: Which screening test is preferred?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-581

  Palmer, Richard C ^a   Midgette, Lynn A ^b   Mullan, Irene Dankwa ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Colorectal cancer; CRC screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 79951723240     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0081-2     Document Type: Article

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