An international comparison study indicated physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certificate affected reported national diabetes mortality

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1150-1157

  Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a   Walker, Sue ^b   Johansson, Lars Age ^c   Huang, Chien Ning ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificate; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TAIWAN;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 26644436951     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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