Use of computerized record linkage in cohort studies

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-121

  Howe, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Sch of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; FLUOROSCOPY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031706458     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017966     Document Type: Review

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