Deaths due to suicide: The effects of certification and coding practices in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Walker, Sue ^a   Chen, Linping ^a   Madden, Richard ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; ICD 10; International Classification of Diseases; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE;

AUSTRALIA; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; SUICIDE;

EID: 42549085760     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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