Factors affecting the mesothelioma detection rate within national and international epidemiological studies: Insights from Scottish linked cancer registry-mortality data

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 649-652

  Camidge, D R ^a,c   Stockton, D L ^b   Bain, M ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental poisoning; Epidemiology; ICD 10; ICD 9; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748333200     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603293     Document Type: Article

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