Triage by flexible sigmoidoscopy: Inevitably 'short-sighted'

Gastroenterology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 777-780

  Ahlquist, D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0031656179     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(98)70158-1     Document Type: Article

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