Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 366-381.e2 , February 2010

Population-based prevalence estimates of history of colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy: review and analysis of recent trends

  • Christian Stock, MSc
    • ,
  • Ulrike Haug, PhD
    • ,
  • Hermann Brenner, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hermann Brenner, MD, MPH, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, Bergheimer Strasse 20, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.

Received 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication. This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the framework of a PhD program (Graduiertenkolleg 793).

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