Validation of a Hierarchical Deterministic Record-Linkage Algorithm Using Data From 2 Different Cohorts of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons and Mortality Databases in Brazil

Loss to follow-up is a major source of bias in cohorts of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and could lead to underestimation of mortality. The authors developed a hierarchical deterministic linkage algorithm to be used primarily with cohorts of HIV-infected persons to recover vital s...

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Autores principales: Pacheco, Antonio G., Saraceni, Valeria, Tuboi, Suely H., Moulton, Lawrence H., Chaisson, Richard E., Cavalcante, Solange C., Durovni, Betina, Faulhaber, José C., Golub, Jonathan E., King, Bonnie, Schechter, Mauro, Harrison, Lee H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
Materias:
Practice of Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2638543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18849301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwn249

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