Colonoscopy in central Jamaica: Results and implications

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Plummer, J M ^a   Mitchell, D I ^a   Ferron Boothe, D ^a   Meeks Aitken, N ^a   Reid, M ^b  

^a Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARCINOMA; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84872509250     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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