Breast cancer as cause of death. A study over the validity of the officially registered cause of death in 2 631 breast cancer patients dying in Malmo, Sweden 1964-1992

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 671-675

  Garne, Jens Peter ^a,b   Aspegren, Knut ^a   Balldin, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH (COD);

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029912624     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609083997     Document Type: Article

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