Citation

Hanzlick R. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1988; 9(2): 149-150.

Affiliation

Medical Examiner's Office, Fulton County, Georgia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3381794

Abstract

Previous studies have identified an apparent underreporting of alcohol-related natural deaths on death certificates. This survey consists of a review of death certificates in one urban county, and provides further evidence that alcohol-caused natural deaths are underreported by physicians who sign death certificates.

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