The epidemiology of motor neuron disease in Northern Ireland using capture-recapture methodology

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-378

  Donaghy, Colette ^a   Clarke, Judith ^b   Patterson, Chris ^a   Kee, Frank ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^c   Patterson, Victor ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Research Support Centre   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Incidence; Motor neuron disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953799929     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903329569     Document Type: Article

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