Quality comparison of electronic versus paper death certificates in France, 2010

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lefeuvre, Delphine ^a,b   Pavillon, Gérard ^a   Aouba, Albertine ^a   Lamarche Vadel, Agathe ^a   Fouillet, Anne ^c   Jougla, Eric ^a   Rey, Grégoire ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Death certificate; Electronic certification; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894361574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-12-3     Document Type: Article

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