Diagnostic testing following fecal occult blood screening in the elderly

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 1641-1646

  Lurie, Jon D ^a,c   Welch, Gilbert H ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033530279     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.19.1641     Document Type: Article

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