What do health interview surveys tell us about the prevalences of somatic chronic diseases? A study into concurrent validity

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-58

  Van Der Velden, J ^a   Abrahamse, H P H H ^a   Donker, G ^a   Van Der Steen, J ^a   Van Sonsbeek, J L A ^b   Van Den Bos, G A M ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Concurrent validity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE;

EID: 0031944330     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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