Physician knowledge and appropriate utilization of computed tomographic colonography in colorectal cancer screening
β Scribed by Matthew S. Chang; Jessica P. Shah; Sunil Amin; Susana Gonzalez; Joan C. Prowda; Joan M. Cheng; Elizabeth C. Verna; Don C. Rockey; Harold Frucht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0942-8925
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