December 4, 2015Open Access

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

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Researchers should be aware of the accuracy of COD data from death certificates used as research resources, especially for cases of elderly patients with pneumonia.

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Mieno et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69eede2fa84321e0ae63c35c https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.je20150010

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