Accuracy of race coding on American Indian death certificates, Montana 1996-1998

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-49

  Harwell, Todd S ^a,c   Hansen, Dina ^b   Moore, Kelly R ^b   Jeanotte, Duane ^b   Gohdes, Dorothy ^a   Helgerson, Steven D ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Billings Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^c Cogswell Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036400458     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50107-3     Document Type: Article

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