Results of a pilot study of endoscopic screening of first degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients in Italy

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-458

  Colombo, Laura ^a   Corti, Gianluigi ^a   Magri, Filippo ^a   Marocchi, Alessandro ^a   Brambilla, Paolo ^a   Crespi, Carla ^a   Manieri, Luigi ^a   Ghezzi, Sergio ^a   Giannone, Daniela ^a   Merlino, Luca ^a   Mocarelli, Paolo ^a  

^a DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELATIVE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0030864887     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.453     Document Type: Article

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