Record linkage procedures to detect cardiovascular endpoints in follow-up studies

• Main Authors: FORNARI, CARLA, BAGNARDI, VINCENZO, CORRAO, GIOVANNI, Chiodini, P, Sarman, S, Ferrario, M.
• Other Authors: Fornari, C, Bagnardi, V, Corrao, G, Ferrario, M
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: International Union for Circumpolar Health and the Nordic Society of Arctic Medicine 2002
• Subjects: Record Linkage; British Columbia; Canada; Circumpolar Health; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/36999

Since 1992, prevalence data on HTLV-I and II have been collected as part of an ongoing viral seroprevalence study in clients of six First Nations alcohol and drug treatment centres in British Columbia, Canada. Prior studies indicate that the lifetime risk of clinical disease (neurologic or hematolog...