How to define coronary heart disease in register-based follow-up studies: experience from the Helsinki Heart Study.

Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 253 - 259
Published: Jun 1, 1997
Abstract
Information on coronary heart disease (CHD) obtained from the Finnish Hospital Discharge and Cause-of-Death Registers was compared with that collected in the Helsinki Heart Study (HHS) during an 8.5-year follow-up. The purpose of the comparison was two-fold, firstly, to study the accuracy of registration of CHD and secondly, to find out what diagnostic codes to use for CHD in register-based follow-up studies. The HHS cases were used as the...
Paper Details
Title
How to define coronary heart disease in register-based follow-up studies: experience from the Helsinki Heart Study.
Published Date
Jun 1, 1997
Volume
29
Issue
3
Pages
253 - 259
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