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Research Article

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer in a Population-based Screening Program with Fecal Occult Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer

M. Rasmussen
&
O. Kronborg
Pages 95-98 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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