Accuracy and completeness of the registration of childhood leukaemia in The Netherlands, 1989-1992

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 891-894

  Schouten, L J ^a   Van Der Does Van Den Berg, A ^b   Otter, R ^a   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b  

^a Assoc of Compreh Cancer Centres   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Childhood Leukaemia Stud Grp   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Childhood leukaemia; Completeness; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DATA BASE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030853488     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00524-2     Document Type: Article

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