Age reporting among white Americans aged 85+: Results of a record linkage study

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-186

  Hill, Mark E ^a   Preston, Samuel H ^b   Rosenwaike, Ira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034181656     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648119     Document Type: Article

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