Racial minorities are more likely than whites to report lack of provider recommendation for colon cancer screening

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1388-1394

  May, Folasade P ^b,c   Almario, Christopher V ^a,b   Ponce, Ninez ^c   Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 85027936392     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.138     Document Type: Article

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