Colorectal cancer testing and associated factors among older Chinese adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-105

  So, Winnie K W ^a   Choi, K C ^a   Chan, Dorothy N S ^a   Chan, Carman W H ^a   Shiu, Ann T Y ^a   Ho, Simone S S ^a   Chan, Helen Y L ^a   Lam, Wendy W T ^b   Cheng, Karis K F ^c   Goggins, William B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Colorectal cancer; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CANCER TEST; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855485622     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.012     Document Type: Letter

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