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dc.contributor.author | England, Kathleen | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-18T13:28:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-18T13:28:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | England, K. (2015). Pitfalls in death certification. The Synapse, 14(6), 13-14 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14086 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Apart from their administrative purpose, death certificate data are a major means of identifying public health problems and evaluating the effectiveness of programs developed to deal with these public health problems. The inaccuracies in death certification are well documented in the international literature. This study aimed to estimate the accuracy in cancer death certification locally, as well as present common types of errors in order to create educational awareness. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Medical Portals Ltd. | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Forensic Pathology -- Organization & administration | en_GB |
dc.subject | Death certificates -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Death -- Causes -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mortality -- Malta -- Data processing | en_GB |
dc.title | Pitfalls in death certification | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Volume 14, Issue 6 The Synapse, Volume 14, Issue 6 |
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