Validity of self-reported cancer history: A comparison of health interview data and cancer registry records

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-306

  Desai, Mayur M ^a,c   Bruce, Martha Livingston ^b   Desai, Rani A ^a,c   Druss, Benjamin G ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Neoplasms; Recall; Registries

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035242816     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.3.299     Document Type: Article

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