Toward Rigorous Data Harmonization in Cancer Epidemiology Research: One Approach

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1033-1038

  Rolland, Betsy ^a,b   Reid, Suzanna ^b   Stelling, Deanna ^b   Warnick, Greg ^b   Thornquist, Mark ^b   Feng, Ziding ^c   Potter, John D ^b,d,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer epidemiology; data harmonization; data pooling

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHOD;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; COMMON DATA ELEMENTS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA HARMONIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84950280072     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv133     Document Type: Article

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