title: Completeness of case ascertainment of the State Cancer Registry.
abstract: The authors evaluated the ability of the New Jersey State Cancer Registry to detect known cancer cases during an investigation of a cancer cluster occurring in professional football players. The Registry was found to be a valuable tool for the detection of cancer cases for New Jersey residents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraut
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Landrigan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries