Nordic registry-based cohort studies: Possibilities and pitfalls when combining Nordic registry data

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 45, Issue 17_suppl, 2017, Pages 14-19

  Maret Ouda, John ^a   Tao, Wenjing ^a   Wahlin, Karl ^a   Lagergren, Jesper ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

population based; Register data; register based; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REGISTER; SCANDINAVIA;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES;

EID: 85022216838     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494817702336     Document Type: Review

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