A large pill to swallow? How health-seeking behaviors can impact a screening program.

Lancet Reg Health West Pac

Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.

Published: July 2021

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