Follow-up methods for retrospective cohort studies in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 256-261

  Fawcett, Jackie ^b   Garrett, Nick ^b   Bates, Michael N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PENSION; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036448668     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00683.x     Document Type: Article

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