Physician Barriers to Population-Based, Fecal Occult Blood Test-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs for Average-Risk Patients
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/2010/591326