Exploring perceptions of colorectal cancer and fecal immunochemical testing among african americans in a north carolina community

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Harden, Elizabeth ^a   Moore, Alexis ^a   Melvin, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FECES; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857483732     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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