Appropriateness of upper-GI endoscopy: an Italian survey on behalf of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 767-774

  Hassan, Cesare ^a   Bersani, Gianluca ^a   Buri, Luigi ^a   Zullo, Angelo ^a   Anti, Marcello ^a   Bianco, Maria Antonia ^a   Di Giulio, Emilio ^a   Ficano, Leonardo ^a   Morini, Sergio ^a   Di Matteo, Giovanni ^a   Loriga, Piero ^a   Pietropaolo, Vincenzo ^a   Cipolletta, Livio ^a   Costamagna, Guido ^a  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

EID: 34247383992     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.12.058     Document Type: Article

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