Comparison of three faecal occult blood tests in the detection of colorectal neoplasia

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 722-725

  Hope, R L ^a   Chu, G ^a   Hope, A H ^a   Newcombe, R G ^b   Gillespie, P E ^a   Williams, S J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colorectal neoplasia; Faecal occult blood tests; Hemoccult II; Monohaem; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0030466190     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.5.722     Document Type: Article

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