Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 207-211 , October 2009

Provider recommendation for colorectal cancer screening: Examining the role of patients’ socioeconomic status and health insurance

  • Jiali Ye

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr., Atlanta, GA 30310, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 404 752 5262; fax: +1 404 756 5767.
    • ,
  • Zhiheng Xu

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States
    • ,
  • Oluranti Aladesanmi

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, United States

,Accepted 31 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.07.011

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 207-211 , October 2009

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