Acceptance of flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy for screening and surveillance in colorectal cancer prevention

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Nicholson, Fiona B ^a   Korman, Melvyn G ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 20644450800     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0969141053908294     Document Type: Article

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