Evaluation of cause of deaths' validity using outcome measures from a prospective, population based cohort study in Tehran, Iran

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Khalili, Davood ^a,b   Mosavi Jarrahi, Alireza ^b,c,d   Eskandari, Fatemeh ^a   Mousavi Jarrahi, Yasaman ^d   Hadaegh, Farzad ^a   Mohagheghi, Mohammadali ^d   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; ACCIDENT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857080568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031427     Document Type: Article

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