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Colorectal cancer screening by paramedical personnel

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    Melvin Schapiro MD

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Schapiro, M. Colorectal cancer screening by paramedical personnel. Digest Dis Sci 29, 159–160 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317058

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