Estimating diabetes prevalence in South Auckland: How accurate is a method that combines lists of linked health datasets?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1327, 2010, Pages 76-86

  Thornley, Simon ^a   Marshall, Roger ^a   Jackson, Gary ^a   Smith, James ^a   Chan, Wing Cheuk ^a   Wright, Craig ^a   Gentles, Dudley ^a   Jackson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MARKETING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650725178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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