Deprivation and faecal haemoglobin: Implications for bowel cancer screening

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-97

  Digby, Jayne ^a   McDonald, Paula J ^b   Strachan, Judith A ^b   Libby, Gillian ^a   Steele, Robert J C ^a   Fraser, Callum G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Bowel Screening Centre Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Deprivation; Faecal haemoglobin; Faecal immunochemical test; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84923774249     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969141314535388     Document Type: Article

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