Associations between contextual factors and colorectal cancer screening in a racially and ethnically diverse population in Texas

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 798-804

  Calo, William A ^a,b   Vernon, Sally W ^a   Lairson, David R ^a   Linder, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Census tract; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Contextual effect; Fecal occult blood testing; Inequalities; Multilevel analysis; Sigmoidoscopy; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949752773     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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