Virtual Colonoscopy: A New Approach for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-11

  Dykes, Cathy McNeill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035240190     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-200101000-00002     Document Type: Article

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