Completeness of case ascertainment at the Irish National Cancer Registry

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-224

  O'Brien, K ^a   Comber, H ^a   Sharp, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Completeness; Data quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905195180     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-013-0993-z     Document Type: Article

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