Procedure-related abdominal discomfort in patients undergoing colorectal cancer screening: A comparison of colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3056-3061

  Zubarik, Richard ^a   Ganguly, E ^a   Benway, D ^a   Ferrentino, N ^a   Moses, P ^a   Vecchio, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELEPHONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0036894914     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)05518-1     Document Type: Article

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