Journal:
:razavi international journal of medicine
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mohamad amin pourhoseingholi gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2122432515, fax: +98-2122432517
mohsen vahedi department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
asma pourhoseingholi gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
sara ashtari gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
background breast cancer (bc) is the most common cancer in iranian women. studying the mortality statistics is important to monitor the effects of screening programs or the influence of earlier diagnosis on the burden of this chronic disease. misclassification is still a problem in the iranian death registry data and about 20% of death statistics are recorded in misclassified categories. object...
