A comparison of unsedated colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy in the family medicine setting: An LA net study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 444-450

  Knox, Lyndee ^a   Hahn, Ricardo G ^a   Lane, Christianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348904900     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060175     Document Type: Article

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