Evaluating Screening Age for Colonoscopy:A Quality Assurance Assessment

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages e141-e147

  Overholt, Bergein F ^a   Brooks Belli, Linda ^a   Grace, Michael G ^b   Rankin, Kristin ^b   Harrell, Royce ^c   Turyk, Mary ^c   Rosenberg, Fred B ^c   Barish, Robert W ^c   Gilinsky, Norman H ^c  

^a AMSURG ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age<50 years; Colonoscopy; Screening; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADENOMA; AGE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955136811     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181cadce5     Document Type: Article

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