Diagnostic Criteria and Quality Control of the Registration of Stroke Events in the MONICA Project

Acta Medica Scandinavica

Volumn 224, Issue 728 S, 1988, Pages 26-39

  ASPLUND, K ^a   TUOMILEHTO, J ^b   STEGMAYR, B ^a   WESTER, P O ^a   TUNSTALL PEDOE H ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; epidemiology; incidence; mortality; stroke diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CODING; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0024219473     PISSN: 00016101     EISSN: 09546820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1988.tb05550.x     Document Type: Article

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