Low uptake of colorectal cancer screening among African Americans in an integrated Veterans Affairs health care network

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 291-298

  May, Folasade P ^a,b,c   Bromley, Erica G ^a   Reid, Mark W ^b   Baek, Michael ^a   Yoon, Jessica ^a   Cohen, Erica ^a   Lee, Aaron ^a   Van Oijen, Martijn G H ^b   Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a,b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERANS HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HOMELESSNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84904718796     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.01.045     Document Type: Article

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