Underestimation of Relative Risks by Standardized Incidence Ratios for AIDS-Related Cancers

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-234

  Chaturvedi, Anil K ^a   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Engels, Eric A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bias; Cervical Cancer; HIV; Kaposi Sarcoma; Non Hodgkin Lymphoma; RR; SIR

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39149137208     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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