Capture-recapture as a potentially useful procedure for assessing prevalence of multiple sclerosis: Methodologic exercise using portuguese data

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-216

  De Sa J ^a   Alcalde Cabero, E ^b,c   Almazan Isla J ^b,c   Sempere, A ^d   De Pedro Cuesta, J ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^d Neurology Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capture recapture methods; Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis prevalence; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE METHOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84860578330     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337534     Document Type: Article

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