Trends in mortality rates for death-certificate-coded diabetes mellitus in an English population 1979-99

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 936-939

  Goldacre, M J ^a   Duncan, M E ^a   Cook Mozaffari, P ^a   Neil, H A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulatory diseases; Death certification; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality rates; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

EID: 3843075404     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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