Using the National Death Index to obtain underlying cause of death codes

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 808-813

  Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a,b   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a   Abdalla, Osman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0031668810     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199809000-00010     Document Type: Article

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