Longitudinal rates of colon cancer screening use in Winnipeg, Canada: The experience of a universal health-care system with an organized colon screening program

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1640-1646

  Decker, Kathleen M ^a,b   Demers, Alain A ^a   Nugent, Zoann ^a,b   Biswanger, Natalie ^b   Singh, Harminder ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANITOBA; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANITOBA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84951005745     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.206     Document Type: Article

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