The Swedish cause of death register

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 765-773

  Brooke, Hannah Louise ^a   Talbäck, Mats ^a   Hörnblad, Jesper ^b   Johansson, Lars Age ^c   Ludvigsson, Jonas Filip ^a,d,e,f   Druid, Henrik ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a   Ljung, Rickard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; Epidemiology; Mortality; Register; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SWEDEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRENDS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 85030687563     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-017-0316-1     Document Type: Article

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