Screening colonoscopies by primary care physicians: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Ann Fam Med on January 13, 2009

Authors

Thad Wilkins1, Bruce LeClair, Mark Smolkin, Kathy Davies, Andria Thomas, Marcia L Taylor, Scott Strayer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA. twilkins@mcg.edu

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