Using an alternative data source to examine randomization in the Canadian national breast screening study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1039-1044

  Cohen, Marsha M ^a,c,d   Kaufert, Patricia A ^b   MacWilliam, Leonard ^b,c   Tate, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Man Ctr for Hlth Plcy and Eval   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Breast cancer; Randomized controlled trials; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030248132     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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