Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 644-646 , September 2009

Validation of Self-Reported Cancer Incidence at Follow-up in a Prospective Cohort Study

  • Lisa Y. Cho, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Cheong-Sik Kim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology & Health Index, Center for Genome Science, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Seoul, Korea
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  • Lian Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jae Jeong Yang, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Boyoung Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Aesun Shin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Korea
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  • Soung Hoon Chang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Korea
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  • Kun-Sei Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Korea
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  • Hyeongsu Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Korea
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  • Keun-Young Yoo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sue K. Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sue K. Park, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, 28 Yeongeon-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea. Tel.: +82-2-740-8338; Fax: +82-2-747-4830.

Received 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 26 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by the National Research and Development Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number 0220180-3) and the Center for Genome Science, Korea, National Institute of Health (research contract 2007-E00004-00).

PII: S1047-2797(09)00140-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.04.011

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 644-646 , September 2009

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