Searching for cancer deaths in australia: National death index vs. cancer registries

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-45

  Nagle, Christina M ^a   Purdie, David M ^b   Webb, Penelope M ^b   Green, Adèle C ^b   Bain, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality statistics; Cancer registries; National death index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OVARY TUMOR; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745288802     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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