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Endoscopy

Sustaining the vitality of colonoscopy quality improvement programmes over time. Experience from the Norwegian Gastronet programme

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Pages 362-369 | Received 01 Sep 2009, Accepted 17 Nov 2009, Published online: 22 Jan 2010

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