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CONTROLLED TRIAL OF FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTING IN THE DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER

✍ Scribed by Hardcastle, J.D.; Farrands, P.A.; Balfour, T.W.; Chamberlain, J.; Amar, S.S.; Sheldon, M.G.

Book ID
123483981
Publisher
The Lancet
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
552 KB
Volume
322
Category
Article
ISSN
0140-6736

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