Colorectal cancer screening at a Veterans Affairs hospital

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 468-471

  Winkleman, Brian J ^a   Matthews, David E ^a   Wiebke, Eric A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE POLYP; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242298304     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.07.020     Document Type: Article

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