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- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/86.20.1557
Response
- Oct 19, 1994
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- G M Marsh +3 more
Abstract
ResponseLucas points out a problem with using diagnoses of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) from death certificates.As Lucas noted, the quality of diagnosis of NPC on death certificates is poor.The author contends that the "impact of such misclassification is to overestimate NPC incidence among formaldehyde work-