Feasibility of high-volume screening sigmoidoscopy using a flexible fiberoptic endoscope and a disposable sheath system

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1331-1337

  Schroy III, Paul C ^a   Wilson, Sheila ^a   Afdhal, Nezam ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; BOSTON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SIGMOIDOSCOPES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0030058982     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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