Colorectal Cancer Detection by Colonoscopy in a Swedish County, 1979-95

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1059-1067

  Dafnis, G ^a   Blomqvist, P ^b   Granath, F ^b   Pahlman L ^b   Ekbom, A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Evaluation studies; Sensitivity; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0242361761     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310004911     Document Type: Article

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