Determination of the beginning age for colonoscopic screening among colonoscopy-naïve individuals

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-390

  Ko, Hae Jin ^a   Youn, Chang Ho ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866004802     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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