Quality assurance and colonoscopy

Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 522-527

  Minoli, G ^a,e   Meucci, G ^a   Prada, A ^b   Terruzzi, V ^a   Bortoli, A ^b   Gullotta, R ^c   Rocca, F ^d   Lesinigo, E ^d   Curzio, M ^c  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^d BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Generale Valduce   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPLICATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DISINFECTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032835588     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-54     Document Type: Article

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