Knowledge and attitudes regarding colorectal cancer screening among medical students: A tale of two schools

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Boehler, Margaret ^a   Advani, Vriti ^a   Schwind, Cathy J ^a   Wietfeldt, Elizabeth Dawn ^a   Becker, Yolanda ^b   Lewis, Barbara ^b   Jan, Rakinic ^a   Hassan, Imran ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyps; Cancer screening methods; Colorectal cancer; Medical school curriculum design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79959511246     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0161-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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