System to classify cause of deaths in HIV-positive persons: Time to harmonize

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1835-1836

  Kowalska, Justyna D ^a   Smith, Colette ^b   Lundgren, Jens D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

causes of death classification; CoDe; HIV; ICD 10

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; ALGORITHM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODE CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ICD-10; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84866316930     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283577427     Document Type: Note

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