Letter to Editor

The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography

Volume: 15 Number: 1 March 9, 2021
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The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography

Abstract

Fecal occult blood (FOB) is an inexpensive, easily applicable, reliable and efficient test that is used to detect colon pathologies. FOB is applied as a screening program in family medicine practice that is a part of preventive health services in many countries. The main objective of the scanning program is to perform a FOB test at every two years for everyone between the ages 50-70 in the standards set in Turkey. The patients that are tested positive as a result of this screening which is also actively applied in Turkey are directed to secondary care for further examination by the primary care physicians. Scanning is performed by using the test kits that are based on chromatography and developed by means of immunochemical method. In this article, the importance of FOB in preventive health services and the concept of chromatography will be discussed.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Primary Health Care

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Publication Date

March 9, 2021

Submission Date

September 25, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 5, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 15 Number: 1

APA
Öztürk, O., Göktepe, M. E., Fidancı, İ., & Okuyucu, M. (2021). The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 15(1), 8-11. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.800298
AMA
1.Öztürk O, Göktepe ME, Fidancı İ, Okuyucu M. The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography. TJFMPC. 2021;15(1):8-11. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.800298
Chicago
Öztürk, Onur, Muhammed Emin Göktepe, İzzet Fidancı, and Muhammed Okuyucu. 2021. “The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15 (1): 8-11. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.800298.
EndNote
Öztürk O, Göktepe ME, Fidancı İ, Okuyucu M (March 1, 2021) The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15 1 8–11.
IEEE
[1]O. Öztürk, M. E. Göktepe, İ. Fidancı, and M. Okuyucu, “The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography”, TJFMPC, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 8–11, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.21763/tjfmpc.800298.
ISNAD
Öztürk, Onur - Göktepe, Muhammed Emin - Fidancı, İzzet - Okuyucu, Muhammed. “The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15/1 (March 1, 2021): 8-11. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.800298.
JAMA
1.Öztürk O, Göktepe ME, Fidancı İ, Okuyucu M. The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography. TJFMPC. 2021;15:8–11.
MLA
Öztürk, Onur, et al. “The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, vol. 15, no. 1, Mar. 2021, pp. 8-11, doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.800298.
Vancouver
1.Onur Öztürk, Muhammed Emin Göktepe, İzzet Fidancı, Muhammed Okuyucu. The Importance of Fecal Occult Blood in Preventive Health Services and the Concept of Chromatography. TJFMPC. 2021 Mar. 1;15(1):8-11. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.800298

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