Effects of record linkage errors on disease registration

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Schmidtmann, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease Registries; Epidemiology; Incidence; Record Linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ERROR; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGISTRATION;

EID: 0031980323     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634498     Document Type: Article

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