The accuracy and completeness of childhood cancer registration in New Zealand

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 857-864

  Dockerty, John D ^a   Becroft, David M O ^b   Lewis, Margaret E ^c   Williams, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Disease notification; Incidence; Neoplasms; New Zealand; Quality control; Registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030690576     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018412311997     Document Type: Article

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