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Original Article

The Funen Adenoma Follow-up Study: Incidence and Death from Colorectal Carcinoma in an Adenoma Surveillance Program

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Pages 869-874 | Received 01 Feb 1993, Accepted 16 Apr 1993, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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