Accuracy of Death Certificates in the Diagnosis of Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 168-172

  Blake, J E ^a   Compton, K V ^a   Schmidt, W ^a   Orrego, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALCOHOLISM; DEATH; FATALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ONTARIO;

EID: 0023840554     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1988.tb00154.x     Document Type: Article

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