The feasibility of collecting information from people with Multiple Sclerosis for the UK MS Register via a web portal: Characterising a cohort of people with MS

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ford, David V ^a   Jones, Kerina H ^a   Middleton, Rod M ^a   Lockhart Jones, Hazel ^a   Maramba, Inocencio D C ^a   Noble, Gareth J ^a   Osborne, Lisa A ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Disease register; Multiple Sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864428870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-73     Document Type: Article

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