Comparison of endoscopic procedures for colorectal cancer screening in women with mammography and Pap smear

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 400-407

  Nicholson, Fiona B ^a   Korman, Melvyn G ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VAGINAL SMEARS; VICTORIA;

EID: 4444342920     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)01708-0     Document Type: Article

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