Colorectal cancer screening among ethnically diverse, low-income patients: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 906-912

  Lasser, Karen E ^a   Murillo, Jennifer ^e   Lisboa, Sandra ^e   Casimir, A Naomie ^a   Shah, Lisa Valley ^e   Emmons, Karen M ^b   Fletcher, Robert H ^c   Ayanian, John Z ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 79957567464     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.201     Document Type: Article

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