Colon pathology detected after a positive screening flexible sigmoidoscopy: A prospective study in an ethnically diverse cohort

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 823-830

  Francois, Fritz ^a   Park, James ^a   Bini, Edmund J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLON ADENOMA; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 33645455543     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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