Is the accuracy of self-reported colorectal cancer screening associated with social desirability?

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-65

  Vernon, Sally W ^a   Abotchie, Peter N ^a   McQueen, Amy ^c   White, Arica ^d   Eberth, Jan M ^b   Coan, Sharon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARLOWE-CROWNE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SCALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TELEMEDICINE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84855499933     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0552     Document Type: Article

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