Data quality in population-based cancer registration: An assessment of the Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Registry

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 667-674

  Seddon, D J ^a   Williams, Emi ^b  

^a Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Quality control; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKIN CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030798969     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.443     Document Type: Article

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