The validity of death certificates: Routine validation of death certification and its effects on mortality statistics

Forensic Science International

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 15-32

  Lahti, R A ^a   Penttila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death validation for nosological coding; Death certification; Death registration; Expert panel; Mortality statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FINLAND; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035219729     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00300-5     Document Type: Article

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