Existing data sources for clinical epidemiology: Danish cancer in primary care cohort

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 237-246

  Jensen, Henry ^a,b   Tørring, Marie Louise ^a   Larsen, Mette Bach ^c   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a Research Unit for General Practice Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort studies; Early diagnosis; Epidemiology; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DATA PROCESSING; DENMARK; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84904554126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S62855     Document Type: Article

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