Evaluation of cancer surveillance completeness among the Italian army personnel, by capture-recapture methodology

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-138

  Peragallo, Mario Stefano ^a   Urbano, Francesco ^b   Lista, Florigio ^a   Sarnicola, Giuseppe ^b   Vecchione, Alfredo ^a  

^a Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center   (Italy)

^b Department of Health Army Logistic Command   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Capture recapture; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Military health; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; ARMY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COLON CANCER; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URETER CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953081571     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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