Fecal occult blood test screening in the United Kingdom

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-218

  Steele, Robert J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET RESTRICTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644922053     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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