Completeness and validity of cancer registration in a major public referral hospital in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Al Zahrani, Ali ^a   Baomer, Ali ^a   Al Hamdan, Nasser ^a   Mohamed, Gamal ^a  

^a Epidemiology/Scientific Computing   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Capture recapture method; Completeness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037499806     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.6     Document Type: Article

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