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Case-control studies of fatal diseases often rely on occupational histories provided by next of kin, but little is known about the accuracy of information obtained in this way.As an adjunct to a survey of occupation and cancer in men under the age of 55, we have compared employment histories elicited independently from a sample of middle aged men and their wives.
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Coggon et al. (1985) studied this question.
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