Colorectal cancer screening practices of primary care providers: Results of a national survey in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2901-2904

  Norwati, Daud ^a   Harmy, Mohamed Yusoff ^b   Norhayati, Mohd Noor ^a   Amry, Abdul Rahim ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer screening; Malaysia; Practices; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899806214     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.6.2901     Document Type: Article

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