Uncertainties in death certification

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 605, 2012, Pages 658-659

  Lakasing, Edin ^a,b,c   Minkoff, Simon ^b  

^a Chorleywood Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Watford Vocational Training Scheme ^*

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYANOSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOPATHY; NEBULIZER; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEPSIS; SMOKING; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870690382     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X659439     Document Type: Review

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