Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases. The case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881

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Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases. The case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881. / Revuelta Eugercios, Barbara Ana; Castenbrandt, Helene; Løkke, Anne.

In: Social History of Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2022, p. 1116–1139.

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Harvard

Revuelta Eugercios, BA, Castenbrandt, H & Løkke, A 2022, 'Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases. The case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881', Social History of Medicine, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 1116–1139. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkab037

APA

Revuelta Eugercios, B. A., Castenbrandt, H., & Løkke, A. (2022). Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases. The case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881. Social History of Medicine, 35(4), 1116–1139. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkab037

Vancouver

Revuelta Eugercios BA, Castenbrandt H, Løkke A. Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases. The case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881. Social History of Medicine. 2022;35(4):1116–1139. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkab037

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Revuelta Eugercios, Barbara Ana ; Castenbrandt, Helene ; Løkke, Anne. / Older rationales and other challenges in handling causes of death in historical individual-level databases. The case of Copenhagen, 1880-1881. In: Social History of Medicine. 2022 ; Vol. 35, No. 4. pp. 1116–1139.

Bibtex

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