Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk subjects: A community-based pilot project

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 74-76

  Olynyk, John K ^a   Aquilia, Sina ^a   Fletcher, David R ^a   Dickinson, Jim A ^a  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPECTOMY; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM POLYP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELEPHONE; TIME; WORK;

EID: 0029767478     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124851.x     Document Type: Article

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