Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , October 2009

Factors associated with practice of colorectal cancer screening among primary care physicians in a Chinese population: A cross-sectional study

  • Martin C.S. Wong

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China. Tel.: +852 2252 8782; fax: +852 2606 3500.
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  • Augustine T. Lam

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, 11/F, Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR
    • ,
  • Donald K.T. Li

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Joseph T.F. Lau

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Sian M. Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Joseph J.Y. Sung

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, G/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.07.008

Cancer Epidemiology
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