Community screening for colorectal cancer in north-eastern New South Wales, 1987-1996

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 382-385

  Rae, Leslie C ^a,b  

^a Rotary Dist 9650 Bowelscan Prog   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CECUM; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 0032550323     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb138990.x     Document Type: Article

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