Digital rectal examination and the primary care physicians: A lost art?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 411-414

  Safder, Shaista ^a   Rewalt, Mary ^a   Elitsur, Yoram ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33747514571     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806289615     Document Type: Article

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