The Danish Civil Registration System. A cohort of eight million persons

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-449

  Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker ^a   Gøtzsche, Heine ^a   Møller, Jørgen Øtrup ^b   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b The Central Office of Civil Registration   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CITIZENSHIP; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33751395235     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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