Accuracy of death certificates for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis varies significantly from north to south of Italy: Implications for mortality studies

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Ragonese, Paolo ^a   Filippini, Graziella ^b   Salemi, Giuseppe ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^c   Citterio, Antonietta ^d   D'Alessandro, Roberto ^e   Marini, Carmine ^f   Monsurrò, Maria Rosaria ^g   Aiello, Isidoro ^h   Morgante, Letterio ⁱ   Tempestini, Antonella ^e   Fratti, Cesare ^j   Ragno, Michele ^k   Pugliatti, Maura ^h   Epifanio, Antonio ⁱ   Testa, Daniela ^b   Savettieri, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^j ASL Pavia   (Italy)

^k Neurol Clin 'Osp C e G Manzoni'   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Death certificates; Italy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 9144232857     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073978     Document Type: Article

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