Accuracy of death certificates for coding coronary heart disease as the cause of death

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1020-1026

  Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a   Martin, David O ^b   Larson, Martin G ^a   Levy, Daniel ^a  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032534989     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00005     Document Type: Article

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