Evaluation of data quality in the cancer registry: Principles and methods Part II. Completeness

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 756-764

  Parkin, D Max ^a,b   Bray, Freddie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Completeness; Data quality; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPLETION; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 61449154352     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.11.033     Document Type: Article

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