Editorial: The Influence of Timing of Colonoscopy on Adenoma Detection: Is Timing Everything

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1666-1667

  Vicari, Joseph ^a  

^a Rockford Gastroenterology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; WORKLOAD; ADENOMA; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADENOMA; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650501918     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.258     Document Type: Review

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