Validity of education information on the death certificate

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 437-439

  Sorlie, Paul D ^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; education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029954786     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199607000-00017     Document Type: Article

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