Validity of demographic characteristics on the death certificate

Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 181-184

  Sorlie, Paul D ^a   Rogot, Eugene ^a   Johnson, Norman J ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Death certificates; Demography; Ethnic groups; Gender; Hispanic Americans; Mortality; North American Indians; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PREGNANCY; RACIAL STOCKS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 0026551167     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199203000-00018     Document Type: Article

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