Markov's modeling for screening strategies for colorectal cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5125-5129

  Barouni, Mohsen ^a   Larizadeh, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Sabermahani, Asma ^a   Ghaderi, Hossien ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; ICER; Markov model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874003795     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.10.5125     Document Type: Article

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