Validation of death certificate diagnosis for coronary heart disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-50

  Coady, Sean A ^a   Sorlie, Paul D ^a   Cooper, Lawton S ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Rosamond, Wayne D ^c   Conwill, David E ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community surveillance; Coronary heart disease; Death certificate; Mortality; Sudden death; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; VITAL STATISTICS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035144706     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00272-9     Document Type: Article

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