Use of surveillance, epidemiology, and end results-medicare data to conduct case-control studies of cancer among the us elderly

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 860-870

  Engels, Eric A ^a   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a   Ricker, Winnie ^b   Wheeler, William ^b   Parsons, Ruth ^b   Warren, Joan L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; case control studies; data collection; epidemiologic methods; Medicare; neoplasms; risk factors; SEER Program

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATA SET; DATABASE; ELDERLY POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; TUMOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053218010     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr146     Document Type: Article

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