Colorectal-cancer screening

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2130-

  Allison, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 84861656175     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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