Case-control differences in the reliability of reporting a history of induced abortion

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1139-1143

  Tang, Mei Tzu C ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^b   Daling, Janet R ^b   Malone, Kathleen E ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abortion, induced; Bias (epidemiology); Breast neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033946162     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010163     Document Type: Article

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