Bias in completeness of birthplace data for Asian groups in a population-based cancer registry (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-253

  Gomez, Scarlett L ^a,b   Glaser, Sally L ^a   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^b   Lee, Marion M ^c  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Birthplace; Cancer registry; Immigration; Migrant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; ASIAN AMERICAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 3242797568     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000024244.91775.64     Document Type: Article

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