High accuracy of Swedish death certificates in men participating in screening for prostate cancer: A comparative study of official death certificates with a cause of death committee using a standardized algorithm

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Godtman, Rebecka ^a   Holmberg, Erik ^b   Stranne, Johan ^a   Hugosson, Jonas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Epidemiology; Mortality; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COLON PERFORATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STROKE; SWEDEN;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 80051778798     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599.2011.559950     Document Type: Article

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