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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 16, 2015 - Issue 3-4
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EPIDEMIOLOGY

Comparison of diagnoses of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by use of death certificates and hospital discharge data in the Danish population

Marianthi-Anna KioumourtzoglouDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ryan M. SealsDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Liselotte HimmerslevDanish Cancer Society Research Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ole GredalDanish Cancer Society Research Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Johnni HansenDanish Cancer Society Research Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Marc G. WeisskopfDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 224-229 | Received 19 Sep 2014, Accepted 11 Nov 2014, Published online: 06 May 2015

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