Colonoscopy Screening in Average-Risk Individuals Ages 40-49 Versus 50-59 Years

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1016-1017

  Zarchy, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 51249098296     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.086     Document Type: Letter

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