Methodologic issues in follow-up studies of cancer incidence among occupational groups in the United States

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-179

  Bender, Thomas J ^a   Beall, Colleen ^a   Cheng, Hong ^a   Herrick, Robert F ^b   Kahn, Amy R ^c   Matthews, Robert ^a   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a   Schymura, Maria J ^c   Stewart, James H ^b   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow Up Studies; Incidence; Neoplasms; Occupational Diseases; Registries; Residential Mobility; Retrospective Studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32944461088     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.06.055     Document Type: Article

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