Measuring Utilization of Colonoscopy in Clinical Practice

GI Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 164-169

  Lieberman, David ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical practice; Colooscopy; Endoscopic report; Gastrointestinal diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889284830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692189.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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