Screening colonoscopy in the US: Attitudes and practices of primary care physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1150-1158

  Zapka, Jane ^a   Klabunde, Carrie N ^b   Taplin, Stephen ^b   Yuan, Gigi ^c   Ransohoff, David ^d   Kobrin, Sarah ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy screening practices; Colorectal cancer screening; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNIST; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REIMBURSEMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866907554     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2051-3     Document Type: Article

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