Agreement between questionnaire data and medical records of chronic diseases in middle-aged and elderly Finnish men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 762-769

  Haapanen, Nina ^a,b   Miilunpalo, Seppo ^a   Pasanen, Matti ^a   Oja, Pekka ^a   Vuori, Ilkka ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

medical records; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031002361     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/145.8.762     Document Type: Article

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