Accuracy of mortality data for interstitial lung diseases in New Mexico, USA

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 717-720

  Coultas, David B ^a   Hughes, Mark P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Epidemiology; Interstitial lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029947722     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.7.717     Document Type: Article

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