Accuracy of the family health services authority register in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK as a sampling frame for population studies

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-207

  O'Mahony, Paul G ^a,b   Thomson, Richard G ^a   Rodgers, Helen ^a   Dobson, Ruth ^a   James, Oliver F W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER;

EID: 0031005329     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.2.206     Document Type: Article

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