Changes in statistical methods affected the validity of official suicide rates

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1102-1108

  Gjertsen, Finn ^a   Johansson, Lars Age ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Death certificate; Mortality statistics; Quality indicator; Reliability; Suicide; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; VALIDITY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; NORWAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 80052022283     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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