Virtual colonoscopy for colon cancer screening: Further reflections on polyps and politics

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 795-797

  Ferrucci, Joseph T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0041508694     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.3.1810795     Document Type: Note

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