Misclassification of veteran status on Washington state death certificates for suicides from 1999 to 2008

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 298-300

  Hoffmire, Claire A ^a   Piegari, Rebecca I ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Population surveillance; Public health surveillance; Suicide; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SUICIDE; TIME OF DEATH; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876820675     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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