Validating self-reported strokes in a longitudinal UK cohort study (Whitehall II): Extracting information from hospital medical records versus the Hospital Episode Statistics database

BACKGROUND: Valuable information on the determinants of non-fatal stroke can be obtained from longitudinal observational cohort studies. Such studies often rely on self-reported stroke events, which are best validated with external medical evidence. The aim of this paper is to compare the informatio...

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Autores principales: Britton, Annie, Milne, Beverly, Butler, Therese, Sanchez-Galvez, Adelaida, Shipley, Martin, Rudd, Anthony, DA Wolfe, Charles, Bhalla, Ajay, Brunner, Eric J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-83

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-83

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