Validity of self-reported cancers in a prospective cohort study in comparison with data from state cancer registries

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-562

  Bergmann, Manuela M ^a   Calle, Eugenia E ^b   Mervis, Cynthia A ^b   Miracle McMahill, Heidi L ^b   Thun, Michael J ^b   Heath, Clark W ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Neoplasms; Recall; Registries; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032521371     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009487     Document Type: Article

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