Understanding gastroenterologist adherence to polyp surveillance guidelines

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1283-1287

  Shah, Tilak U ^a,b   Voils, Corrine I ^a   McNeil, Rebecca ^a   Wu, Richard ^b   Fisher, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a Durham VA Health Services Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIGNETTE;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866103226     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.59     Document Type: Article

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