Linking the iowa women's health study cohort to medicare data: Linkage results and application to hip fracture

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-333

  Virnig, Beth ^a   Durham, Sara B ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Cerhan, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; data collection; hip fractures; Medicare

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955136576     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq111     Document Type: Article

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