Potential for selection bias with tumor tissue retrieval in molecular epidemiology studies

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Hoppin, Jane A ^a,b   Tolbert, Paige E ^b   Taylor, Jack A ^a   Schroeder, Jane C ^a   Holly, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Selection bias; Tumor tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER TISSUE; EVALUATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0036134730     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00250-2     Document Type: Article

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