ICD coding changes and discontinuities in trends in cause-specific mortality in six European countries, 1950-99
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how often coding changes between and within revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) complicate the description of long-term trends in cause-specific mortality. METHODS: Data on cause-specific mortality between 1950 and 1999 for men and women aged 60 and...
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The World Health Organization
2004-12-01
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Loạt: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Truy cập trực tuyến: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004001200006&lng=en&tlng=en |