Using multiple-cause-of-death data as a complement of underlying-cause-of- death data in examining mortality differences in psychiatric disorders between countries

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 837-842

  Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a,b   Lin, Jin Jia ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chi Mei Medical Center ^*  (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; Mortality; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955416477     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0127-0     Document Type: Article

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