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Comment
. 2009 Dec;99(12):2117-8; author reply 2118.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.177584. Epub 2009 Oct 15.

The priority is screening, not colonoscopy

Steven H Woolf, Resa M Jones, Stephen F Rothemich, Alex Krist
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The priority is screening, not colonoscopy

Steven H Woolf et al. Am J Public Health. 2009 Dec.
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