Controlled prospective study of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer in Bury, black pudding capital of the world

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7378, 2002, Pages 1444-1445

  Fludger, Stuart ^a   Turner, Anne Marie ^b   Harvey, Richard F ^c   Haslam, Neil ^d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET RESTRICTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037153702     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1444     Document Type: Article

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