Sokka Tuulikki
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 203 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232-4500, USA.
Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2004 Nov;30(4):851-67, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2004.07.002.
Nationwide population-based longitudinal databases provide excellent resources for medical research in Scandinavia. These include the Population Registry, the Cancer Registry, the Cause of Death Registry, the Hospital Discharge Registry, and other registers, and are linkable to each other by the personal identification code. The registers have long historical backgrounds, and are regulated strictly by law. This article describes features of the national databases and provides some examples of rheumatology research that use these databases.
在斯堪的纳维亚半岛，基于全国人口的纵向数据库为医学研究提供了出色的资源。这些数据库包括人口登记处、癌症登记处、死亡原因登记处、医院出院登记处以及其他登记处，并且可以通过个人识别码相互关联。这些登记处有着悠久的历史背景，并且受到法律的严格监管。本文描述了这些国家数据库的特点，并提供了一些使用这些数据库的风湿病学研究实例。
