Health protective behavior and the elderly: Hemoccult testing for early colorectal cancer detection
Colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer as a leading cause of internal cancer death. Individuals over 65 years of age are most at risk yet least likely to engage in screening for colorectal cancer. The purpose of this descriptive-correlational study using a modified Pender Health Promotion M...
Main Author: | Turner, Shirley |
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Other Authors: | Atwood, Jan R. |
Language: | en_US |
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The University of Arizona.
1989
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291436 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/291436 |
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