| Literature DB >> 11297223 |
M Mähönen1, V Salomaa, I Keskimäki, V Moltchanov, J Torppa, A Molarius, J Tuomilehto, C Sarti.
Abstract
We assessed the validity of hospital discharge data on stroke in Finland and the feasibility of linked hospital discharge and causes-of-death data for epidemiological studies using the FINMONICA Stroke Register as the reference. The results showed that such data can, with some caution, be used for incidence studies and for identifying first stroke events. They cannot, however, be used for assessing secular trends in all stroke events.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11297223 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007697720131
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Epidemiol ISSN: 0393-2990 Impact factor: 8.082