Screening for Colon Malignancy with Colonoscopy

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 946-951

  Lieberman, David A ^a   Smith, Frederic W ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0025721169     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1991.tb07193.x     Document Type: Article

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