Accuracy of death certificates and assessment of factors for misclassification of Underlying Cause of death

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 191-198

  Mieno, Makiko Naka ^a   Tanaka, Noriko ^b   Arai, Tomio ^c   Kawahara, Takuya ^d   Kuchiba, Aya ^e   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^f  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Autopsy; Death certificates; Outcome misclassification; Underlying cause of death

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOKYO;

EID: 84963594602     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20150010     Document Type: Article

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