Inequities in colonoscopy: variation in performance and outcomes of colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1296-1298

  Singh, Harminder ^a   Singh, Gurkirpal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65749090815     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.02.028     Document Type: Editorial

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