Sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7707, 2009, Pages 1339-

  Imperiale, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 67650069212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2084     Document Type: Editorial

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