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The existence of standard-biased mortality ratios due to death certificate misclassification - a simulation study based on a true story
BACKGROUND: Mortality statistics are used to compare health status of populations; optimally, they base on individual death certificates. However, determining cause of death is error-prone. E.g. cardiovascular disease (CVD) death determination is characterized by sensitivity (SE) and specificity (SP...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0112-8 |