Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mortality in Japan, 1979-2004: Analysis of national death certificate data

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Doi, Yuriko ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Sakai, Miyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome; Death certificate; Japan; Mortality; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547098122     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.133     Document Type: Article

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