Trends in self-reported health care provider recommendations for colorectal cancer screening by race

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 70-75

  Rich, Shayna E ^a   Kuyateh, Fatmatta M ^a,c   Dwyer, Diane M ^b   Groves, Carmela ^b   Steinberger, Eileen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Patient health care provider interaction; Prevention; Racial disparity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960571124     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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