Utilization of colonoscopy in the United States: Results from a national consortium

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 875-883

  Lieberman, David A ^a   Holub, Jennifer ^b   Eisen, Glenn ^b   Kraemer, Dale ^b   Morris, Cynthia D ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844575179     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.06.037     Document Type: Article

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