Gender Preference for the Endoscopist Among Hispanics: The Results of a Prospective Study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 990-993

  Varia, Apurv ^a,c   Patel, Mihir K ^b   Tanikella, Rajasekhar ^a,c   Machicao, Victor I ^a,c   Fallon, Michael B ^a,c   Lukens, Frank J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Endoscopy; Gender; Hispanics; Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878425837     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9847-z     Document Type: Article

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