Ensuring quality in studies linking cancer registries and biobanks

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-377

  Langseth, Hilde ^a   Luostarinen, Tapio ^b   Bray, Freddie ^a,c   Dillner, Joakim ^d,e  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBANK; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; FREEZE THAWING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; NORWAY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM; STORAGE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 77951272602     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903447069     Document Type: Review

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