Colorectal cancer mass-screening: Estimation of faecal occult blood test sensitivity, taking into account cancer mean sojourn time
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- 9 October 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 73 (2), 220-224
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971009)73:2<220::aid-ijc10>3.0.co;2-j
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