Public awareness of colon cancer screening among the general population: A study from the Western Region of Saudi Arabia

Qatar Medical Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Khayyat, Yasir Mohammed ^a,b   Ibrahim, Ezzeldin Mostafa ^b  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b International Medical Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Colon neoplasm; Colonoscopy; Early detection of cancer; Health knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84907841530     PISSN: 02538253     EISSN: 22270426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2014.3     Document Type: Article

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