Barriers to colorectal cancer screening among women in rural central Pennsylvania: Primary care physicians' perspective

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Rosenwasser, L A ^a   McCall Hosenfeld, J S ^a   Weisman, C S ^a   Hillemeier, M M ^a   Perry, A N ^a   Chuang, C H ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Early detection of cancer; Primary health care; Rural health services; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893436844     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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