Identifying deaths before 1979 using the Social Security Administration Death Master File

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-323

  Schnorr, Teresa M ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality studies; Social Security Administration; vital status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0030935475     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199705000-00017     Document Type: Article

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