Scientific paperA critical analysis of the largest reported mass fecal occult blood screening program in the united states☆
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Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, San Antonio, Texas, May 15–16, 1990.
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From the Ireland Cancer Center and the Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.