Prevalence of Advanced Neoplasia at Screening Colonoscopy in Men in Private Practice Versus Academic and Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2312-2316

  Harewood, Gavin C ^a   Lieberman, David A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER;

EID: 0142152591     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07677.x     Document Type: Article

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