Determining Cause of Death in Prostate Cancer: Are Death Certificates Valid?

U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services,2000.(3) Office of Health Statistics,Research andTechnology,National Center for Health Statistics. Instruction manual. Part 2c,ICD-9ACME decision tables for classifying underlying causes of death. Hyattsville (MD): U.S.Department of Health and Human Servic...

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Published in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001-12, Vol.93 (23), p.1822-1823
Main Authors: Penson, David F., Albertsen, Peter C., Nelson, Peter S., Barry, Michael, Stanford, Janet L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cause of Death
Death
Death Certificates
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Prostatic Neoplasms - classification
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Tumors of the urinary system
Urinary tract. Prostate gland
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Summary:U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services,2000.(3) Office of Health Statistics,Research andTechnology,National Center for Health Statistics. Instruction manual. Part 2c,ICD-9ACME decision tables for classifying underlying causes of death. Hyattsville (MD): U.S.Department of Health and Human Services,Public Health Service; 1981.(4) Smith Sehdev AE,Hutchins GM. Problemswith proper completion and accuracy of thecause-of-death statement. Arch Intern Med2001;161:27784.(5) Flanders WD.
ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/93.23.1822