The Colorado violent death reporting system (COVDRS): Validity and utility of the veteran status variable

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-309

  Bahraini, Nazanin H ^a,b   Gutierrez, Peter M ^a,b   Harwood, Jeri E F ^b,c   Huggins, Joe A ^a   Hedegaard, Holly ^d   Chase, Mary ^d   Brenner, Lisa A ^a,b  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d Department of Biostatistics and Informatics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORADO VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; VALIDITY; VETERAN;

EID: 84859460589     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700310     Document Type: Article

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