Surveillance and ascertainment of cardiovascular events. The Cardiovascular Health Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 278-285

  Ives, Diane G ^a   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^b   Bild, Diane E ^c   Psaty, Bruce M ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Crowley, Patricia M ^d   Cruise, R Gale ^e   Theroux, Sharene ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; cardiovascular events; follow up methods; misclassification; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029093425     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(94)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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