African Americans with a family history of colorectal cancer: Barriers and facilitators to screening

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-306

  Griffith, Kathleen A ^a   Passmore, Susan R ^b   Smith, Domanic ^c   Wenzel, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c St Timothy Christian Baptist Church   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865576447     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.299-306     Document Type: Article

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