Case-control studies of the efficacy of cancer screening: Overcoming bias from nonrandom patterns of screening

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-413

  Weiss, Noel S ^a   Dhillon, Preet K ^a   Etzioni, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TIME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344714811     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000129518.99816.e1     Document Type: Article

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