Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1172-1176 , November 2004

Active recruitment increased enrollment in a hereditary cancer registry

  • Tara M. Friebel

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park SB202, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • ,
  • Ruth Anne Beutler

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park SB202, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • ,
  • Shing M. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Barbara A. Bernhardt

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park SB202, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Kathy J. Helzlsouer

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park SB202, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Constance A. Griffin

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park SB202, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 410-955-8363; fax: 410-614-7440.

,Accepted 27 April 2004.

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PII: S0895-4356(04)00126-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.04.007

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1172-1176 , November 2004

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