Female gender and other factors predictive of a limited screening flexible sigmoidoscopy examination for colorectal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1634-1639

  Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^b   Desmond, Renee ^b   Farraye, Francis A ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0037780501     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07480.x     Document Type: Article

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