Multiple sclerosis prevalence in Malaga, Southern Spain estimated by the capture-recapture method

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-376

  Fernandez O ^a   Fernandez V ^a   Guerrero, M ^a   Leon A ^a   Lopez Madrona J C ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Bustamante, R ^a   Tamayo, J A ^a   Romero, F ^a   Bravo, M ^a   Luque, G ^a   Garcia L ^a   Sanchis G ^b   Roman, C San ^c   Romero, M ^d   Papais Alvarenga, M ^a   De Ramon, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Internal Medicine Service Hospital Comarcal Serranía de Ronda   (Spain)

^c Internal Medicine Service Hospital Comarcal Vélez Málaga   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

capture recapture method; epidemiology; multiple sclerosis; prevalence; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84857833139     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511421917     Document Type: Article

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