Case-control studies of screening for colorectal cancer: Tailoring the design and analysis to the specific research question

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 894-897

  Weiss, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; ITALY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84885348740     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182a777b2     Document Type: Note

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