Childhood cancer registration in Britain: Capture-recapture estimates of completeness of ascertainment

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1227-1233

  Kroll, M E ^a,b   Murphy, M F G ^a   Carpenter, L M ^a,c   Stiller, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capture recapture; childhood cancer; childhood leukaemia; completeness; registration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND; WALES;

EID: 79953203511     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.70     Document Type: Article

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