Colorectal cancer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Need for screening

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3809-3813

  Mosli, Mahmoud H ^a   Al Ahwal, Mahmoud S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Saudi arabia; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873652357     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.8.3809     Document Type: Article

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