Impact of comorbidity on colorectal cancer screening in the veterans healthcare system.

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Published in Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol on July 12, 2007

Authors

Deborah A Fisher1, Joseph Galanko, Tara K Dudley, Nicholas J Shaheen

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. fishe034@mc.duke.edu

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