The epidemiology of liver disease in Tayside database: A population-based record-linkage study

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 186-193

  Steinke, Douglas T ^a,b   Weston, Tanya L ^a   Morris, Andrew D ^a   MacDonald, Thomas M ^a   Dillon, John F ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Primary Care Information Group ISD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Databases; Electronic record linkage; Epidemiology; Liver disease; Observational studies; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0036628298     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0464(02)00526-9     Document Type: Article

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