Epilepsy and injury mortality in Sweden - The importance of changes in coding practice

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 361-370

  Jansson, B ^a   Ahmed, N ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cause of death; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Injury; Mortality; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036748301     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2002.0680     Document Type: Article

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