Variation in Detection of Adenomas and Polyps by Colonoscopy and Change Over Time With a Performance Improvement Program

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1335-1340

  Shaukat, Aasma ^a,b   Oancea, Cristina ^b   Bond, John H ^b   Church, Timothy R ^b   Allen, John I ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Minnesota Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYPS;

EID: 70749106435     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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