Barriers to and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in different population subgroups in Adelaide, South Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 521-523

  Javanparast, Sara ^a   Ward, Paul R ^a   Carter, Stacy M ^b   Wilson, Carlene J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84864321117     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10701     Document Type: Article

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