Complacency or ignorance about rectal bleeding?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 332-333

  Kocher, H M ^a   Saunders, Michael P ^a  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; General practitioner; Haemorrhoid; Patient's perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842666618     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.1999.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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