Evaluation of linked cancer registry and hospital records of breast cancer

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 765-770

  McGeechan, Kevin ^a  

^a National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD;

EID: 0032455913     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01490.x     Document Type: Article

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