Periodic health examination and screening tests in adults

Hospital Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 117-126

  Beck, Laurence H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PRAVASTATIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SIMVASTATIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033571409     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/hp.1999.11.175     Document Type: Article

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