The FLU-FIT program: An effective colorectal cancer screening program for high volume flu shot clinics

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 577-583

  Potter, Michael B ^a   Somkin, Carol P ^b   Ackerson, Lynn M ^b   Gomez, Vicky ^b   Dao, T Teresa ^c   Horberg, Michael A ^d   Walsh, Judith M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STAFF; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052098015     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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