Colorectal carcinoma screening procedure use among primary care patients
β Scribed by Jennifer Elston Lafata; L. Keoki Williams; Tamir Ben-Menachem; Christina Moon; George Divine
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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