Validity of cerebrovascular disease mortality statistics in Bulgaria

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 721-729

  Tzoneva Pentcheva, L ^a   Mantchev, I ^b   Veltcheva, I ^c   Chervenkov, K ^b  

^a National Centre for Health Promotion   (Bulgaria)

^b Trakia University Medical College   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

CVD mortality; Pilot study; Screening instruments; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE MORTALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY IMPACT; STATISTICAL VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BULGARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; BULGARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

BULGARIA;

EID: 0030764668     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.721     Document Type: Article

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