Scheduled out-patient endoscopy and lack of compliance in a minority serving tertiary institution

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-198

  Jackson, Danielle S ^a   Egbuonnu, Nneka ^a   Umunakwe, Chukwuma ^b   Fullum, Terrence M ^a   Ford, Debra H ^a   Anders, Kyle B ^a   McDonald Pinkett, Shelly ^a   Smoot, Duane T ^a   Laiyemo, Adeyinka O ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84865693962     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31823ea5b0     Document Type: Article

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