Are physicians doing too much colonoscopy? A national survey of colorectal surveillance after polypectomy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Mysliwiec, Pauline A ^b   Brown, Martin L ^a   Klabunde, Carrie N ^b   Ransohoff, David F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043092023     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00006     Document Type: Review

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