Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in palestine: A national study in a medically underserved population

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 463-469

  Qumseya, Bashar J ^a   Tayem, Yasin I ^b   Dasa, Osama Y ^b   Nahhal, Khaled W ^b   Abu Limon, Ismael M ^b   Hmidat, Ahmed M ^b   Al Shareif, Ahmed F ^b   Hamadneh, Murad K ^b   Riegert Johnson, Douglas L ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab americans; Colon cancer screening; Ethnic; Middle east

Indexed keywords

ARAB AMERICANS; COLON CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC; MIDDLE EAST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84893935612     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.08.051     Document Type: Article

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