# Do Physicians Understand Cancer Screening Statistics? A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians in the United States

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/do-physicians-understand-cancer-screening-statistics-a-national-survey-of/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Odette Wegwarth,Lisa M. Schwartz,Steven Woloshin,Wolfgang Gaissmaier,Gerd Gigerenzer |
| Citations | 312 |
| DOI | 10.7326/0003-4819-156-5-201203060-00005 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-EE87-B |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2076514842 |
| PMID | 22393129 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2012 |

## Paper authors

- [Wolfgang Gaissmaier](https://scholariq.org/researchers/wolfgang-gaissmaier/)

## Paper journal

- [Annals of Internal Medicine](https://scholariq.org/journals/annals-of-internal-medicine/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Global Cancer Incidence and Screening](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-cancer-incidence-and-screening/)

## Paper topics

- [Global Cancer Incidence and Screening](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-cancer-incidence-and-screening/)
- [Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection](https://scholariq.org/topics/colorectal-cancer-screening-and-detection/)
- [Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-promotion-and-cardiovascular-prevention/)

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