Reliability of data on medical conditions, menstrual and reproductive history provided by hospital controls

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 902-906

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Tavani, Alessandra ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Epidemiological methods; Interviews; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034886494     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00362-6     Document Type: Article

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