Verification and correction of error for death registration data of the Department of Health R.O.C. between 1980 and 1997

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 329-338

  Hsieh, Gong Yih ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^a,b   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dataset; Death registration; Department of Health; Ministry of Interior

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ERROR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038219686     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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