Case-control studies of screening efficacy: The use of persons newly diagnosed with cancer who later sustain an unfavorable outcome

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-322

  Weiss, Noel S ^a,b   Lazovich, DeAnn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030047612     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008745     Document Type: Review

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