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. 2000 Jun;46(6):746–748. doi: 10.1136/gut.46.6.746

Colorectal cancer screening in the UK: Joint Position Statement by the British Society of Gastroenterology, the Royal College of Physicians, and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

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