Incomplete and inaccurate death certification - The impact on research

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-137

  Morton, Linda ^a   Omar, Rumana ^a   Carroll, Sheila ^a   Beirne, Mairead ^a   Halliday, Debbie ^a   Taylor, Kenneth M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Inaccurate information; Post mortem; Valve prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH CERTIFICATES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0034043438     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/22.2.133     Document Type: Article

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