Data Resource Profile: National Cancer Registration Dataset in England

Overview

Journal Int J Epidemiol

Specialty Public Health

Date 2019 May 24

PMID 31120104

Citations 112

Authors

Katherine E Henson

Lucy Elliss-Brookes

Victoria H Coupland

Elsita Payne

Sally Vernon

Brian Rous

Jem Rashbass

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