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Validity Studies of Some Variables Used in Cancer Epidemiology

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Abstract

Written or oral questionnaires are often used when risk factors are studied in relation to cancer. However the validity of the answers to different questions are more seldom studied although such studies have been performed1,2,3 . Therefore there is a need to investigate the validity of some variables of common use in cancer epidemiology.

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  1. Department of Oncology, University Hospital, S-221 85, Lund, Sweden

    H. Olsson, L. Brandt & P. Desatnik

  2. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, S-221 85, Lund, Sweden

    C. Ingvar & P.-E. Jönsson

  3. Southern Swedish Regional Tumour Registry, University Hospital, S-221 85, Lund, Sweden

    T. Möller & B. Gullberg

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  1. Centre d’informatique Medicale, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc., av. Hippocrate 10, bte 3718, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    F. H. Roger

  2. Div. Medical Informatics, Univ. Hosp. Gasthuisberg, 49 Herestraat, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    J. L. Willems

  3. The Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals, James’St., P.O. Box 795, Dublin 8, Ireland

    R. R. O’Moore

  4. North East Thames Regional Health Authority, 40, Eastbourne Terrace, W2 3QR, London, Great Britain

    B. Barber

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Olsson, H. et al. (1984). Validity Studies of Some Variables Used in Cancer Epidemiology. In: Roger, F.H., Willems, J.L., O’Moore, R.R., Barber, B. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 84. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93264-9_95

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