Inequalities in participation in an organized national colorectal cancer screening programme: Results from the first 2.6 million invitations in England

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 712-718

  von Wagner, Christian ^a   Baio, Gianluca ^a   Raine, Rosalind ^a   Snowball, Julia ^b   Morris, Stephen ^a   Atkin, Wendy ^c   Obichere, Austin ^d   Handley, Graham ^e   Logan, Richard F ^f   Rainbow, Sandra ^g   Smith, Stephen ^h   Halloran, Stephen ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Colorectal cancer screening; Ethnicity; Gender; Inequalities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE; BLOOD; CANCER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ETHNICITY; GENDER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LINEARITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957602740     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr008     Document Type: Article

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