Quality indicators in colonoscopy

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 277-279

  Enns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 34250899205     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/582062     Document Type: Editorial

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