@article{ref1,
title="An evaluation of the use of medical examiner data for epidemiologic surveillance",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="1987",
author="Hanzlick, R. and Thacker, S. B. and Goodman, R. A. and Finton, R. J. and Williams, W. W. and Graitcer, P. L.",
volume="77",
number="9",
pages="1212-1214",
abstract="To assess the value of medical examiner (ME) data bases for use in epidemiologic surveillance, we compared data from non-injury deaths that became ME cases to all non-injury deaths occurring in 1984 among Fulton County, Georgia residents. The decedents in the ME series were younger and included a large proportion of Black males. Although not representative of all deaths in a community, ME data bases include demographic and medical information that is often difficult to collect in community studies and in other surveillance systems.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}