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Low income get fewer CRC exams.


OTTAWA -- Higher income people are more likely to have colorectal screening examinations in Ontario, according to according to
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 a report in the August Canadian Medical Association Journal The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) is a general medical journal that is published biweekly by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).

It is considered to be one of the top six general medical journals; the others being the
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Only one-fifth of people in the screening-eligible age (50 to 79 years) group received any colorectal investigation. Multifactor analysis demonstrated a significant association between receipt of any colorectal investigation and income); people in the highest-income quintile quin·tile  
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 had higher odds of receiving any colorectal investigation.

Further work is needed to determine the reason for this low rate and to explore whether it affects CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor.  mortality. The study was conducted between January 1995 and December 2001.
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Title Annotation:Health; colorectal screening examinations
Publication:Community Action
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CONT
Date:Sep 20, 2004
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