Are cancer registries unconstitutional?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1295-1300

  McLaughlin, Robert H ^a   Clarke, Christina A ^b   Crawley, LaVera M ^c   Glaser, Sally L ^b  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Constitutionality; Health surveillance; Population based epidemiology; Privacy; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPENDING;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CIVIL RIGHTS; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; COMPUTER SECURITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950935689     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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