Estimating deaths from cardiovascular disease: A review of global methodologies of mortality measurement

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 749-756

  Pagidipati, Neha Jadeja ^a   Gaziano, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84873911381     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.128413     Document Type: Article

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