Utility of linking primary care electronic medical records with Canadian census data to study the determinants of chronic disease: an example based on socioeconomic status and obesity.

Background: Electronic medical records (EMRs) used in primary care contain a breadth of data that can be used in public health research. Patient data from EMRs could be linked with other data sources, such as a postal code linkage with Census data, to obtain additional information on environmental d...

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Publicado en:	BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making Vol. 16; pp. 1 - 9
Autores principales:	Biro, Suzanne, Williamson, Tyler, Leggett, Jannet Ann, Barber, David, Morkem, Rachael, Moore, Kieran, Belanger, Paul, Mosley, Brian, Janssen, Ian
Formato:	pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado:	BioMed Central 3/11/2016
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