Flexible sigmoidoscopy: An important screening option for average-risk individuals

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-40

  Levin, Theodore R ^a,b   Palitz, Albert M ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0036141955     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-5157(03)00055-2     Document Type: Review

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