Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Mortality in Japan, 1979-2004: Analysis of National Death Certificate Data
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Geographic difference of mortality of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Japan.
BACKGROUND The geographic mortality difference of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is still unclear in Japan. METHODS Using vital statistics of Japan for 6 year period between 1999 and 2004 officially published by the government, we observed the mortality from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (ICD-10th: A81.0 and A81.8) by prefecture. Standardized mortality ratios were calculated for the 47 prefectures. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1349-9092,0917-5040
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.133