Healthy volunteer effect in a lung cancer screening study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 454-

  Vehmas, Tapio ^a   Oksa, Panu ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FINLAND; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FINLAND; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84938800093     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000110     Document Type: Letter

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