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Self-selection in a population-based cohort study: impact on health service use and survival for bowel and lung cancer assessed using data linkage

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0537-3

Published Online: 2018-08-08

Published Print: 2018-12

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Creighton, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-6309
Purdie, Stuart

Soeberg, Matthew

Walton, Richard

Baker, Deborah

Young, Jane
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Article History

Received: 4 May 2018

Accepted: 27 June 2018

First Online: 8 August 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was conducted with ethical approval from the NSW Population and Health Services Research Ethics Committee (HREC/14/CIPHS/60). The 45 and Up Study is approved by the University of New South Wales Ethics Committee. Participants of the 45 and Up Study provided written consent to the linkage of their health-related records.

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: NC, SP, MS, RW and JY declare that they have no competing interests. DB was an employee of the Sax Institute NSW and Research Manager of the 45 and Up Study for part of the time this study was being conducted.

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