The quality of screening colonoscopies in an office-based endoscopy clinic

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Bair, Douglas ^a,b   Pham, Joe ^a,b   Seaton, M Bianca ^c   Arya, Naveen ^a,b   Pryce, Michelle ^a   Seaton, Trevor L ^a,d  

^a Oakville Endoscopy Centre   (Canada)

^b Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Office based; Screening colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENDOSCOPY CLINIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 60849099633     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/831029     Document Type: Article

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