A population-based audit of the clinical use of faecal occult blood testing in primary care for colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gillberg, A ^a   Ericsson, E ^a   Granstrom, F ^b   Olsson, L I ^a,c  

^a GDH   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Diagnosis; Occult blood; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865413266     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03149.x     Document Type: Article

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