Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Primary Care Setting in Turkey

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 101-108

  Sahin, Mustafa Kursat ^a   Aker, Servet ^b   Arslan, Hatice Nilden ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Canik Community Health Center   (Turkey)

^c Department of Non Communicable Diseases   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cancer screening; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Fecal occult blood test; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84981485528     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-016-0235-1     Document Type: Article

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