Colorectal cancer screening among the homeless population of New York City shelter-based clinics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1307-1313

  Asgary, Ramin ^a   Garland, Victoria ^b   Jakubowski, Andrea ^c   Sckell, Blanca ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brooklyn Chinese Family Health Center   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902669873     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301792     Document Type: Article

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