Underestimation of cardiovascular disease mortality among Maine American Indians: The role of procedural and data errors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 827-830

  Graber, Judith M ^a   Corkum, Brenda E ^b   Sonnenfeld, Nancy ^b   Kuehnert, Paul L ^b  

^a Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RACE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MAINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17844376741     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053751     Document Type: Article

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