The effect of neighborhood, socioeconomic status and a community-based program on multi-disease health screening in an Asian population: A controlled intervention study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Wee, Liang En ^a   Koh, Gerald Choon Huat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diabetes mellitus; Health screening; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Multi disease; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960617265     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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