Colorectal Cancer Screening and Race in an Equal Access Medical System

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-81

  Haddad, James D ^a   You, David M ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cancer prevention; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Race; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954391436     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0068-3     Document Type: Article

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