Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation: Guidelines on colon cancer screening

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-99

  Leddin, Desmond ^a   Hunt, Richard ^b   Champion, Malcolm ^c   Cockeram, Alan ^d   Flook, Nigel ^e   Gould, Michael ^f   Kim, Young In ^f   Love, Jonathan ^d   Morgan, David ^b   Natsheh, Susan ^g   Sadowski, Dan ^e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144291660     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/983459     Document Type: Article

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