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"Existing data sources in clinical epidemiology: Laboratory information system databases in Denmark"
Routine biomarker results from hospital laboratory information systems (LIS)—covering hospitals and general practitioners—in Denmark are available to researchers through access to the regional Clinical Laboratory Information System Research Database at Aarhus University and the nationwide Register of Laboratory Results for Research. This review describes these two data sources. The laboratory databases have different geographical and temporal coverage. They both include individual-level biomarker results that are electronically transferred from LISs. The biomarker results can be linked to all other Danish registries at the individual level using the unique identifier, the CPR number. (Full article...)
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