Developing clinically relevant and reproducible symptom-defined populations for cancer diagnostic research in general practice using a community survey

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-346

  Summerton, Nick ^a   Mann, S ^a   Sutton, J ^a   Rigby, A ^a   Theakston, A ^a   Clark, J ^a   Williams Hardy, H ^a   Summerton, A ^a  

^a The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Reproducibility; Survey; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038009182     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg317     Document Type: Article

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