Surveillance behavior of women with a reported family history of colorectal cancer

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Clavel Chapelon, F ^a   Joseph, R ^b   Goulard, H ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Family history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032780105     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0397     Document Type: Article

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