Utility of linking primary care electronic medical records with Canadian census data to study the determinants of chronic disease: an example based on socioeconomic status and obesity

BACKGROUND: Electronic medical records (EMRs) used in primary care contain a breadth of data that can be used in public health research. Patient data from EMRs could be linked with other data sources, such as a postal code linkage with Census data, to obtain additional information on environmental d...

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Autores principales: Biro, Suzanne, Williamson, Tyler, Leggett, Jannet Ann, Barber, David, Morkem, Rachael, Moore, Kieran, Belanger, Paul, Mosley, Brian, Janssen, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4788841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26969124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0272-9

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