Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 72, Issue 2 , Pages 321-327.e1 , August 2010

Quality of colonoscopy reporting in community practice

Received 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 1 March 2010.

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 DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication. L. Palmer received research support for this study from a T32 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Grant 5-T32 DK007634-19. D. Fisher received research support for this study from a VA Health Services Research and Development Career Development Transition Award (RCD 03-174). D. Provenzale received research support for this study from a NIH K24 grant 5 K24 DK002926. The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 If you want to chat with an author of this article, you may contact Dr. Palmer at lena_palmer@med.unc.edu.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.03.002

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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