Disparities in colorectal cancer screening behaviors: Implications for African American men

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-98

  Oliver, JoAnn S ^a   Worley, Courtney B ^b   Decoster, Jamie ^c   Palardy, Leslie ^a   Kim, Giyeon ^b   Reddy, Adisesha ^b   Allen, Rebecca S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCULT BLOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859791696     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e31824e2d7a     Document Type: Article

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