The coding causes of death in hiv (code) project initial results and evaluation of methodology

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 516-523

  Kowalska, Justyna D ^a   Friis Møller, Nina ^a   Kirk, Ole ^a,b   Bannister, Wendy ^c   Mocroft, Amanda ^c   Sabin, Caroline ^c   Reiss, Peter ^d   Gill, John ^e   Lewden, Charlotte ^f   Phillips, Andrew ^c   Monforte, Antonella D'arminio ^g   Law, Matthew ^h   Sterne, Jonathan ⁱ   De Wit, Stephane ^j   Lundgren, Jens D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d STICHTING HIV MONITORING   (Netherlands)

^e Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre   (Canada)

^f Inst de Santé Publique   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CODING; CODING CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIV PROJECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIOLENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL CODING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80051546683     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31821b5332     Document Type: Article

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