Colorectal cancer screening practise is influenced by ethnicity of medical practitioner and patient

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-396

  Koo, Jenn Hian ^a,b   You, Matthew Yibin ^b   Liu, Ken ^a   Athureliya, Maneesha D ^a   Tang, Catherine W Y ^a   Redmond, Diane M ^a   Connor, Susan J ^a,b   Leong, Rupert W L ^a,b  

^a Gastroenterology and Liver Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Ethnicity; General practitioner; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEFECATION HABIT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAST; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 81855215941     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06872.x     Document Type: Article

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