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Accuracy of Death Certificates and Assessment of Factors for Misclassification of Underlying Cause of Death

BACKGROUND: Cause of death (COD) information taken from death certificates is often inaccurate and incomplete. However, the accuracy of Underlying CODs (UCODs) recorded on death certificates has not been comprehensively described when multiple diseases are present. METHODS: A total of 450 consecutiv...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26639750
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150010