Results of National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Croatia (2007-2011)

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 4300-4307

  Katičić, Miroslava ^a   Antoljak, Nataša ^b   Kujundžić, Milan ^c   Stamenić, Valerija ^d   Poljak, Dunja Skoko ^d   Kramarić, Danica ^d   Štimac, Davor ^e   Pešikan, Marija Strnad ^f   Šamija, Mirko ^f   Ebling, Zdravko ^g  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Croatia)

^e KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^g University of Osijek   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Croatian National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program; Fecal occult blood testing; Uptake

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROATIA; DESCENDING COLON; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 84867723850     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4300     Document Type: Article

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