Gender differences in the use of colorectal cancer tests among older Chinese adults

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 603-609

  Choi, Kai Chow ^a   So, Winnie K W ^a   Chan, Dorothy N S ^a   Shiu, Ann T Y ^a   Ho, Simone S M ^a   Chan, Helen Y L ^a   Lam, Wendy W T ^b   Cheng, Karis K F ^c   Goggins, William B ^a   Chan, Carman W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Colorectal cancer; Gender difference; Screening behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING BEHAVIOUR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENDER DIFFERENCE; SCREENING BEHAVIOUR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84883757547     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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