Problems in screening colorectal cancer in the elderly

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2335-2337

  Mladen, Davidović M ^a   Dragoslav, Milosevic P ^a   Sanja, Zdravkovic ^a   Bozidar, Bojic ^a   Snezana, Djurica ^a  

^a Center of Geriatric Medicine   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0142244337     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i10.2335     Document Type: Article

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