Colorectal cancer screening in primary care: The long and short of it

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 837-838

  Achkar, Edgar ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942687934     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04175.x     Document Type: Review

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