Accuracy of commercially available residential histories for epidemiologic studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-243

  Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Meliker, Jaymie R ^b   Avruskin, Gillian ^a   Copeland, Glenn ^d   Nriagu, Jerome ^c  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; residential mobility; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANCER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650672656     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq350     Document Type: Article

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