Measuring disease occurrence

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-415

  Jager, K J ^a,e   Zoccali, C ^b   Kramar, R ^c   Dekker, F W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c General Hospital of Wels   (Austria)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease occurrence; Incidence rate; Prevalence; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; KIDNEY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547787247     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002341     Document Type: Article

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