Outcomes for women in a flexible sigmoidoscopy-based colorectal cancer screening programme

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-94

  Viiala, C H ^a,b   Olynyk, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasm; Colonoscopy; Population surveillance; Sigmoidoscopy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 39149138477     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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