A delay in publication of the "Annual summary of vital statistics" and the need for new vital registration and statistics systems for the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1671-1672

  Rothwell, Charles J ^a   Sondik, Edward J ^a   Guyer, Bernard ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD DEATH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 16644376608     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2249     Document Type: Note

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