Comparison of interview-based and medical-record based indices of comorbidity among breast cancer patients

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-349

  Silliman, Rebecca A ^a   Lash, Timothy L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Epidemiologic factors comorbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033111344     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199904000-00004     Document Type: Review

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