Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 386-391 , April 2002

Method of correction to assess the number of hospitalized incident breast cancer cases based on claims databases

Received 3 October 2000 ,Revised 27 July 2001 ,Accepted 7 September 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 386-391 , April 2002

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