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Multiple causes of death in old age

Published Date:

February 2008

Series:

Aging trends (Hyattsville, Md.) ; 9

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Personal Authors:

Gorina, Yelena ; Lentzner, Harold R. ;

Corporate Authors:

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)

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Pubmed ID:

19174856

Description:

What is known about the nature of fatal diseases and injuries is based largely upon the tradition of identifying a single condition present at death as the underlying cause. As stated on the U .S. Standard ertificate of Death, the underlying cause is considered to be the disease or injury that initiated events resulting in death (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/DEATHn-03final-ACC.pdf).

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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

Place as Subject:

United States

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