Childhood cancer registries in Ontario, Canada: Lessons learned from a comparison of two registries

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-91

  Greenberg, Mark L ^a,c   Barr, Ronald D ^a,b   DiMonte, Bruna ^a   McLaughlin, Eva ^a   Greenberg, Corin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer; Cancer registries; Children; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLIOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037457673     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11004     Document Type: Article

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