Correlates of colorectal cancer screening among hispanics: Results from the 2008 Puerto Rico Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 68-75

  López Charneco, Magdalena ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^b   Soto Salgado, Marievelisse ^c   Rodríguez, Luis ^d   González, Daisy ^b   Serrano, Ruby ^e   Cruz Correa, Marcia ^c,f,g   Ortiz, Ana Patricia ^b,f  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus Puerto Rico Medical Center   (Puerto Rico)

^e Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^g VA Caribbean Healthcare System Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; Hispanic Americans; Screening; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HABITS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878451810     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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