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Awareness of Colorectal Cancer and Attitudes Towards Its Screening Guidelines in Lebanon

Annals of Global Health
Volume 85 (2019): Issue 1
By: Mohamad Ali Tfaily,  Dana Naamani,  Alaa Kassir,  Sara Sleiman,  Mamadou Ouattara,  Munir Paul Moacdieh and  Miran A. Jaffa  
Open Access
|May 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2437 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Published on: May 28, 2019
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© 2019 Mohamad Ali Tfaily, Dana Naamani, Alaa Kassir, Sara Sleiman, Mamadou Ouattara, Munir Paul Moacdieh, Miran A. Jaffa, published by Ubiquity Press
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