The role of primary care physicians in improving colorectal cancer screening in patients with HIV

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 940-944

  Momplaisir, Florence ^a   Long, Judith A ^a,b   Badolato, Gia ^c   Brady, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; HIV; Infectious diseases specialists; Model of care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 84864445313     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2010-z     Document Type: Article

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