Reducing "unknown" data in violent death surveillance: A study of death certificates, coroner/medical examiner and police reports from the national violent death reporting system, 2003-2004

Homicide Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-397

  Logan, Joseph E ^a   Karch, Debra L ^a   Crosby, Alexander E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide; Suicide; Surveillance; Violent death surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450228486     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767909348323     Document Type: Article

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