Validity of coronary heart diseases and heart failure based on hospital discharge and mortality data in the Netherlands using the cardiovascular registry Maastricht cohort study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-247

  Merry, Audrey H H ^a   Boer, Jolanda M A ^b   Schouten, Leo J ^c   Feskens, Edith J M ^d   Verschuren, W M Monique ^b   Gorgels, Anton P M ^e   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary Heart Disease; Heart Failure; Hospital discharge diagnoses; Mortality; Sudden Cardiac Arrest; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349253696     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9335-x     Document Type: Article

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