Early mortality experience in a large military cohort and a comparison of mortality data sources

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hooper, Tomoko I ^a   Gackstetter, Gary D ^b   LeardMann, Cynthia A ^c   Boyko, Edward J ^d   Pearse, Lisa A ^e   Smith, Besa ^c   Amoroso, Paul J ^f   Smith, Tyler C ^c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b ANSER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner   (United States)

^f MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL MORTALITY REGISTRY; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FILE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTER; SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DEATH MASTER FILE; TREND STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952466494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-15     Document Type: Article

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