Guidelines for training non-specialists in screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 783-785

  Gross, G W W ^a   Bozymski, E M ^a   Brown, R D ^a   Cass, O W ^a   Elta, G H ^a   Jacobson, B C ^a   Lichtenstein, G R ^a   Mellow, M H ^a   Nackley, J J ^a   Patel, R S ^a   Gress, F G ^a   Kowdley, K V ^a  

^a American Soc Gastrointest Endosc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COMPETENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0034099663     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ge.2000.v51.age516783     Document Type: Article

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