Colorectal cancer screening in Finland: Details of the national screening programme implemented in Autumn 2004

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Malila, Nea ^a   Anttila, Ahti ^a   Hakama, Matti ^a  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 15944425820     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0969141053279095     Document Type: Article

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