Validation of stroke diagnosis in the National Hospital Discharge Register and the Register of Causes of Death in Finland.

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Published in Eur J Epidemiol on February 01, 1999

Authors

J M Leppälä1, J Virtamo, O P Heinonen

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1: Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland. jaana.leppala@helsinki.fi

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