Cancer occurrence in the elderly: Agreement between three major data sources

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-67

  Stang, Andreas ^a,b   Glynn, Robert J ^c   Gann, Peter H ^f   Taylor, James O ^d   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,c,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d East Boston Neighborhood Health Center   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort Studies; Death Certificates; Epidemiologic Methods; Medical Record Linkage; Medicare Part A; Registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032929671     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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