Accuracy of death certificates for motor neuron disease and multiple sclerosis in the province of Palermo in southern Italy

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 148-152

  Ragonese, Paolo ^a   Salemi, Giuseppe ^a   Aridon, Paolo ^a   Conte, Silvia ^a   Cuccia, Giovanni ^a   Lupo, Innocenzo ^a   Savettieri, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Mortality rate; Motor neuron disease; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; UNIVERSITY;

ARCHIVES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0036249626     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054812     Document Type: Article

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