Strategies for using the National Death Index and the social security administration for death ascertainment in large occupational cohort mortality studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-477

  Wojcik, Nancy C ^a   Huebner, Wendy W ^a,b   Jorgensen, Gail ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Palisades Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

death certificates; methods; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.); United States Social Security Administration

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADMINISTRATION; ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INDEX METHOD; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NATIONAL DEATH INDEX; REGISTER; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955871175     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq130     Document Type: Article

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