How many data sources are needed to determine diabetes prevalence by capture-recapture?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 536-541

  Ismail, A A ^a   Beeching, N J ^a   Gill, G V ^b   Bellis, M A ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033949645     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intjepid/29.3.536     Document Type: Article

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