The accuracy of a death certificate checkbox for diabetes: Early results from New Jersey

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 726-732

  Hempstead, Katherine ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOME; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 69249143302     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400515     Document Type: Article

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