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Injury death certificates without specification of the circumstances leading to the fatal injury – the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 2005–2014

BACKGROUND: For injury deaths, the underlying cause of death is defined as the circumstances leading to the injury. When this information is missing, the ICD-10 code X59 (Exposure to unspecified factor) is used. Lack of knowledge of factors causing injuries reduces the value of the cause of death st...

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Autores principales: Ellingsen, Christian Lycke, Ebbing, Marta, Alfsen, G. Cecilie, Vollset, Stein Emil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30583729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-018-0176-2