Preferences for ethnicity and sex of endoscopists in a Hispanic population in the United States

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-97.e4

  Zapatier, Jorge A ^a   Kumar, Anand R ^b   Perez, Alejandro ^a   Guevara, Rodolfo ^c   Schneider, Alison ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JFK Medical Center Atlantis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650554134     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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