Screening for colorectal cancer: A comparison of 3 fecal occult blood tests

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 970-976

  Levin, Bernard ^a   Hess, Kenneth ^a   Johnson, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0030964476     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.9.970     Document Type: Article

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