Use of the Social Security Administration Death Master File for ascertainment of mortality status

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Schisterman, Enrique F ^a,b   Whitcomb, Brian W ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Mortality status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344650981     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-2-2     Document Type: Article

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