Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1642-1646 , September 2006

Variation in lung cancer survival rates between countries: Do differences in data reporting contribute?

  • Claire A. Butler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bush Road, Antrim BT41 2QB, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Queens University Belfast, UK
    • ,
  • Karen M. Darragh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bush Road, Antrim BT41 2QB, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Queens University Belfast, UK
    • ,
  • Graeme P. Currie

      Affiliations

    • Chest Clinic C, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2DZ, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Wendy J.A. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bush Road, Antrim BT41 2QB, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Queens University Belfast, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Respiratory Medicine, United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bush Road, Antrim BT41 2QB, Northern Ireland, UK

Received 1 October 2005 ,Accepted 11 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.12.006

Respiratory Medicine
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