Comparison of self report data and medical records data: Results from a case control study on prostate cancer

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-417

  Zhu, Kangmin ^a   McKnight, Barbara ^b   Stergachis, Andy ^b,c   Daling, Janet R ^b,c   Levine, Robert S ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Data quality; Epidemiological methods; Medical records; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032999368     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.3.409     Document Type: Article

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