Impacts of household income and economic recession on participation in colorectal cancer screening in Korea

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1857-1862

  Myong, Jun Pyo ^a   Kim, Hyoung Ryoul ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Economic recession; Household income; KNHANES; Screening participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84872682012     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.5.1857     Document Type: Article

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