Agreement between birthplace and self-reported ethnicity in a population-based mammography service

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 511-514

  Bajdik, Chris D ^a   Barroetavena, M C ^a   Saroa, S R ^a   Gregory Hislop, T ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Agreement; Birthplace; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650908899     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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