| Document ID (ISN) | 60031 |
| CIS number |
93-819 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Selikoff I.J. |
| Title |
Use of death certificates in epidemiological studies, including occupational hazards - Discordance with clinical and autopsy findings |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1992, Vol.22, No.4, p.469-480. 73 ref. |
| Abstract |
There has long been evidence of frequent inaccuracy of death certificates, with significant discordance between such designations and clinical and autopsy data. This exists for occupational diseases as well. The use of statistical rates based on death certificates has been seriously questioned despite their utility for total mortality. Programmes to supplement death certificate data, particularly in occupational disease studies, may be helpful, and are reviewed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; occupational pathology; mortality; autopsy; epidemiology; diagnosis; symptoms |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
age; neoplasms; statistical aspects; hospitals |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Epidemiology
|
