Racial disparities and barriers to colorectal cancer screening in rural areas

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-317

  Wilkins, Thad ^a   Gillies, Ralph A ^a   Harbuck, Stacie ^b   Garren, Jeonifer ^a   Looney, Stephen W ^a   Schade, Robert R ^a  

^a George Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Health care disparities; Minority health; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84861883032     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.100307     Document Type: Article

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