Colorectal cancer screening: Don't just do it, do it right

American Family Physician

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1707-1709

  Wender, Richard C ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 33744493373     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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