Family history of cancer provided by hospital controls was satisfactorily reliable

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-175

  Bravi, Francesca ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Lagiou, Pagona ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case control studies; Family history; Interviews; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH CANCER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845883783     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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