@article{ref1,
title="Computerized linkage of death certificates to police accident files: A new method for the community surveillance of traffic deaths",
journal="Proceedings: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Conference",
year="1988",
author="Zucconi, SL and Murtaugh, GS and Kuller, Lewis H. and Perper, Joshua A.",
volume="32",
number="",
pages="111-125",
abstract="Data were obtained through a nine-year retrospective surveillance of 1719 traffic deaths among Allegheny county, PA residents. Death certificates and coroner's records were reviewed to validate cause-of-death certification. Mapping schemes were successful in linking 97% of the validated traffic deaths resulting from a crash within the Pittsburgh SMSA to computerized police accident data files. The results of this study demonstrated an improved method for the surveillance of alcohol- and other drug-related motor vehicle traffic deaths. It validated cause-of-death certification and provided a linkage of confirmed traffic deaths to the police accident file, maximizing all available data.<p />",
language="",
issn="1540-0344",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}