Surveillance in Barrett's Esophagus: Lessons from Behavioral Economics

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 763-765

  El Serag, Hashem B ^a   Naik, Aanand D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69249118694     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.031     Document Type: Editorial

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