Predictors of Poor Adherence of US Gastroenterologists with Colonoscopy Screening and Surveillance Guidelines

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 971-978

  Iskandar, Heba ^b   Yan, Yan ^a   Elwing, Jill ^a   Early, Dayna ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Wang, Jean S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms diagnosis; Colonic neoplasms prevention and control; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Colorectal cancer surveillance; Guideline adherence

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COLONOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84939607759     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3403-0     Document Type: Article

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