To participate or not? giving voice to gender and socio-economic differences in colorectal cancer screening programmes

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 669-678

  Molina Barcelo A ^a   Salas Trejo, D ^a   Peiro Perez R ^a,b   Malaga Lopez A ^a  

^a Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica CSISP   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Participation; Qualitative research; Social determinants of health; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 79960840824     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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