Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1185-1191 , December 2003

On crude and age-adjusted relative survival rates

  • Hermann Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, German Centre for Research on Ageing, Bergheimer Strasse 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: ++49-6221-548140; fax ++49-6221-548142.
    • ,
  • Timo Hakulinen

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Cancer Registry, Liisankatu 21 B, FIN-00170 Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

,Accepted 11 June 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00209-9

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1185-1191 , December 2003

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