Gender differences in correlates of colorectal cancer screening among black medicare beneficiaries in Baltimore

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1037-1042

  Martinez, Kathryn A ^a   Pollack, Craig E ^a   Phelan, Darcy F ^a   Markakis, Diane ^a   Bone, Lee ^b   Shapiro, Gary ^c   Wenzel, Jennifer ^c,d   Howerton, Mollie ^c   Johnson, Lawrence ^e   Garza, Mary A ^f   Ford, Jean G ^a,g  

^a Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e Park West Health Systems   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879026430     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1215     Document Type: Article

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