Reproducibility of a self-administered questionnaire for assessment of melanoma risk

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-251

  Westerdahl, Johan ^a   Anderson, Harald ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^a   Ingvar, Christian ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias; Melanoma; Misclassification; Questionnaires; Reliability; Reproducibility; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029869379     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.2.245     Document Type: Article

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