The anyang esophageal cancer cohort study: Study design, implementation of fieldwork, and use of computer-aided survey system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Fangfang ^a   Guo, Fangcen ^a   Zhou, Yue ^a,b   He, Zhonghu ^a   Tian, Xiuyun ^a   Guo, Chuanhai ^a   Ning, Tao ^a   Pan, Yaqi ^a   Cai, Hong ^a   Ke, Yang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SCREENING TEST; STUDY DESIGN; WORKFLOW; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELLS, CULTURED; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856631930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031602     Document Type: Article

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