Colonoscopy Issues Related to Women

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-163

  Chutkan, Robynne ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSURANCE; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 33646078913     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2006.01.005     Document Type: Review

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