Quality of age data in patients from developing countries

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-171

  Denic, Srdjan ^a,c   Khatib, Falah ^a,c   Saadi, Hussein ^b,d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^d Radiotherapy Dept

Author keywords

Age distribution; Cancer patients; Cohort study; Developing country; Quality of data; Terminal digit preference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3543121190     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh131     Document Type: Article

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