Experience of a public health colorectal cancer testing program in Maryland

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-339

  Dwyer, Diane M ^a   Groves, Carmela ^a   Hopkins, Annette ^b   Keelaghan, Eithne ^b   Shebl, Fatma M ^c   Andrews, Barbara ^d   Bienia, Marsha ^d   Steinberger, Eileen ^b  

^a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

^b MDHMH CCSC   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CRF Programs Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859475919     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700313     Document Type: Article

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