Self-Report as an Indicator of Incident Disease

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 547-554

  Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Klaukka, Timo ^a,c   Vahtera, Jussi ^d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort Studies; Incidence; Questionnaires; Registries; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT RECEPTOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASTHMA; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953598599     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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