Nurses working in GI and endoscopic practice: a review

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-479

  Verschuur, Els M L ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NURSING, PRACTICAL;

EID: 33847009489     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.11.010     Document Type: Review

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