Value of an Endpoints Committee versus the use of nosologists for validating cause of death

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-339

  Sesso, Howard D ^a,b,c,d   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,b,c,d   Glynn, Robert J ^a,b,c,d   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Endpoints Committee; Epidemiological methods; Nosologists; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION; SENESCENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SUDDEN DEATH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745242489     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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