Inequalities in participation in an organized national colorectal cancer screening programme: results from the first 2.6 million invitations in England.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on February 17, 2011

Authors

Christian von Wagner1, Gianluca Baio, Rosalind Raine, Julia Snowball, Stephen Morris, Wendy Atkin, Austin Obichere, Graham Handley, Richard F Logan, Sandra Rainbow, Stephen Smith, Stephen Halloran, Jane Wardle

Author Affiliations

1: Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, Greater London, UK. c.wagner@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Serial SMS Reminders and an Opt-out Mailed FIT Kits to Improve Colorectal Screening Participation: A Single Center RCT | NCT03479645

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