TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Computerized linkage of death certificates to police accident files: A new method for the community surveillance of traffic deaths
JO  - Proceedings: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Conference
A1  - Zucconi, SL
A1  - Murtaugh, GS
A1  - Kuller, Lewis H.
A1  - Perper, Joshua A.
SP  - 111
EP  - 125
VL  - 32
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N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 1540-0344
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -