Sigmoidoscopic screening for colorectal neoplasia: A comparison of residents in obstetrics and gynecology to those in internal medicine in a military medical center

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 177-180

  Ventura Braswell, Ada M ^a   Brittain, Philip Clark ^a  

^a San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM POLYP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0032722034     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(99)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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