Estimation of completeness of case ascertainment of Austrian cancer incidence data using the flow method

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 889-893

  Hackl, Monika ^a   Waldhoer, Thomas ^b  

^a Austrian National Cancer Registry   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AUSTRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84885011890     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks125     Document Type: Article

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