Study of completeness of registration at the Estonian Cancer Registry

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-156

  Lang, K ^a   Magi M ^c   Aareleid, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Estonian Cancer Registry; Registration completeness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; DATA BASE; ESTONIA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; THYROID CANCER;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ESTONIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES;

EID: 0038746646     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200304000-00009     Document Type: Article

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