Screening colonoscopy in asymptomatic average-risk African Americans

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 524-527

  Rex, Douglas K ^a   Khan, Abdul M ^a   Shah, Prince ^a   Newton, Jeanette ^a   Cummings, Oscar W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034126958     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(00)70283-5     Document Type: Article

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