Comparison between cancers identified by state cancer registry, self-report, and death certificate in a prospective cohort study of US radiologic technologists [7]

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 495-497

  Freedman, D Michal ^a   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a   Doody, Michele M ^a   Love Schnur, Sharifa ^a,b   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645821443     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi286     Document Type: Letter

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