Contrasts in rural and urban barriers to colorectal cancer screening

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-298

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^b   Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^c   Platt, Daci ^a   Esparza, Julie ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^c   Arnold, Connie L ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Colorectal cancer screening; Community health centers; Fecal Occult Blood Test; Low income patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868033743     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.3.1     Document Type: Article

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