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Screening for colorectal cancer using a quantitative immunochemical faecal occult blood test: a feasibility study in an Asian population

✍ Scribed by W.-P. Fu; M.-H. Kam; W.-M. Ling; S.-F. Ong; N. Suzannah; Kong-Weng Eu


Publisher
Springer
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
202 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
1123-6337

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