Validity of smoking prevalence estimates from primary care electronic health records compared with national population survey data for England, 2007 to 2011

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1357-1361

  Booth, Helen P ^a   Prevost, A Toby ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database; Factual; Family practice; Health care surveys; Pharmacoepidemiology; Smoking; Validity (epidemiology)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

AGE FACTORS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84888440478     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3537     Document Type: Article

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