Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 249-257 , November 2005

Colorectal cancer screening behavior in women attending screening mammography: Longitudinal trends and predictors

  • Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030.
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  • A. Mark Fendrick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Paul H. Abrahamse, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Qian Dong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Stephanie K. Patterson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Steven J. Bernstein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 8 November 2004 ,Revised 1 January 2005 ,Accepted 3 June 2005.

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PII: S1049-3867(05)00054-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.06.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 249-257 , November 2005

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