Retrospective data quality audits of the Harvard Six Cities and American Cancer Society studies

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 66, Issue 16-19, 2003, Pages 1553-1562

  Hoover, B Kristin ^a   Foliart, Donna E ^b   White, Warren H ^c   Cohen, Aaron J ^d   Calisti, Linda J ^e   Krewski, Daniel ^f   Goldberg, Mark S ^g  

^a Hoover Consultants   (United States)

^b Foliart and Associates   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^e Calisti Consultants   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142124741     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390306441     Document Type: Article

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