Mortality ascertainment of women veterans a comparison of sources of vital status information, 1979-2002

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-128

  Savas, Lara S ^a   Del Junco, Deborah J ^b   Bastian, Lori A ^c   Vernon, Sally W ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Death certificates; Female; Mortality; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VITAL STATISTICS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449124065     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181809125     Document Type: Article

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