Establishing the Shelf Life of Flexible Colonoscopes

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 114-119

  Riley, Robin ^a   Beanland, Christine ^a   Bos, Henk ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; COLONOSCOPE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANTISEPSIS; COLONOSCOPES;

EID: 0036584425     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-200205000-00006     Document Type: Article

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