Screening sigmoidoscopy: Factors associated with utilization

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 542-544

  Lewis, Stephen F ^a,b   Jensen, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; screening; sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0029828832     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02599602     Document Type: Article

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