Link between a preference for women colonoscopists and social status in Korean women

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-277

  Lee, Sun Young ^a   Yu, Sang Kyun ^a   Kim, Jeong Hwan ^a   Sung, In Kyung ^a   Park, Hyung Seok ^a   Jin, Choon Jo ^a   Choe, Won Hyeok ^a   Kwon, So Young ^a   Lee, Chang Hong ^a   Choi, Kyoo Wan ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DYSPEPSIA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COLONOSCOPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38349156170     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.06.039     Document Type: Article

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