TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - An evaluation of the use of medical examiner data for epidemiologic surveillance
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Hanzlick, R.
A1  - Thacker, S. B.
A1  - Goodman, R. A.
A1  - Finton, R. J.
A1  - Williams, W. W.
A1  - Graitcer, P. L.
SP  - 1212
EP  - 1214
VL  - 77
IS  - 9
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -