Colorectal screening after polypectomy: A national survey study of primary care physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 654-659

  Boolchand, Vikram ^a,b   Olds, Gregory ^c   Singh, Joseph ^b   Singh, Pankaj ^d   Chak, Amitabh ^e   Cooper, Gregory S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON POLYP; COLON TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA, VILLOUS; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750960336     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-9-200611070-00007     Document Type: Review

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