Cause of death in patients with end-stage renal disease: Assessing concordance of death certificates with registry reports

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Li, Shu Qin ^b   Cass, Alan ^a   Cunningham, Joan ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042427356     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00420.x     Document Type: Article

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