Death certification after a diagnosis of presenile dementia.
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Death certification after a diagnosis of presenile dementia.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the value of death certification for the epidemiological study of dementia, the frequency with which the condition was recorded on death certificates of patients diagnosed with some form of dementia before the age of 65 years was studied. A further objective was to identify variables associated with failure to record dementia on the certificate. DESIGN A cohort of p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.47.4.293