Appropriateness of the standard mortality/incidence ratio in evaluation of completeness of population-based cancer registry data

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3283-3288

  Suwanrungruang, Krittika ^a,b   Sriplung, Hutcha ^a   Temiyasathit, Somnuk ^c   Waisri, Narate ^d   Daoprasert, Karnchana ^c   Kamsa ard, Supot ^b   Tasanapitak, Cheamchit ^a   McNeil, Edward ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Mortality incidence ratio; Source of death database; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

EID: 84864503587     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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