Population health and clinical data linkage: The importance of a population registry

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 459-463

  Cameron, Cate M ^a   Purdie, David M ^b   Kliewer, Erich V ^c,d   Wajda, Andre ^f   McClure, Roderick J ^a,e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Medical; Record linkage; Registries; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35448965662     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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