The suitability of using death certificates as a data source for cancer mortality assessement in Turkey

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 480-485

  Ulus, Tumer ^a   Yurtseven, Eray ^a   Cavdar, Sabanur ^a   Erginoz, Ethem ^a   Erdogan, M Sarper ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 84871902070     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.480     Document Type: Article

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