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International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:446-448
© International Epidemiological Association 2002

Theory and Method

Commentary: Reproducibility of skin characteristic measurements and reported sun exposure history

Cristina Fortes

Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, Via Monti di creta 104, Rome 00167, Italy. E-mail: c.deppermann@idi.it

Rosso and colleagues conducted a helpful reliability study using dual response.1 This method should produce less biased risk estimates, with confidence intervals that correctly reflect the true uncertainty in the data. This study not only serves to encourage more extensive use of the data obtained from internal validation study designs but also emphasizes the need for developing more accurate methods to assess sun exposure.

Non-melanocytic skin cancer is the most common cancer occurring in humans and was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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