A method to adjust for ascertainment bias in the evaluation of cancer registry data

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Fallah, Mahdi ^a   Kharazmi, Elham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bias; Incidence; Neoplasms; Registries; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKEMIA; MALE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34547729776     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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