Quality in medicine: Raising the accountability bar

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 561-566

  Lieberman, David ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adenoma detection rate; ADR; colorectal cancer; CRC

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 79952062615     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.01.004     Document Type: Editorial

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