Use of archival tissue in epidemiologic studies: Collection procedures and assessment of potential sources of bias

Mutation Research - Mutation Research Genomics

Volumn 432, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 7-14

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Edwards, Sandra L ^a   Palmer, Leslie ^a   Curtin, Karen ^a   Morse, Judy ^b   Anderson, Kristin ^c   Samowitz, Wade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Colon cancer; Methods; Tumor tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE; TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CALIFORNIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTAH;

EID: 0034144406     PISSN: 13835726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5726(99)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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