Misclassification of coronary heart disease in mortality statistics. Evidence from the WHO-MONICA Ghent-Charleroi study in Belgium

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 513-519

  De Henauw, S ^a,d   De Smet, P ^b   Aelvoet, W ^c   Kornitzer, M ^b   De Backer, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0031660061     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.8.513     Document Type: Article

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