Validating cancer histories in deceased relatives

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 262-265

  Rauscher, Garth H ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTER; TELEPHONE; VITAL STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14644397173     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000152521.18215.eb     Document Type: Article

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