Perceived obstacles of colorectal cancer screening and their associated factors among 10,078 Chinese participants.

PURPOSE: to evaluate the proportion of self-referred screening participants having various psychological barriers and the factors associated with these barriers. METHODS: A territory-wide bowel cancer screening centre sent an invitation via the media to all Hong Kong residents aged 50-70 years who w...

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Main Authors: Martin C S Wong, Jessica Y L Ching, Hoyee H Hirai, Thomas Y T Lam, Sian M Griffiths, Francis K L Chan, Joseph J Y Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3720896?pdf=render