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Exploring the use of death certificates as a component of an occupational health surveillance system.

Author(s) -

T M Frazier,

David H. Wegman

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.7.718

Subject(s) - death certificate , medicine , environmental health , population , lung cancer , public health , occupational safety and health , cause of death , disease , demography , family medicine , pathology , sociology

An effort has been made to explore a case-finding surveillance system for occupationally-related disease using death records. A sentinel health event, here lung cancer in young males, was selected to seek unusual associations with occupations as listed on the death records. Fishermen appeared to be over-represented and population studies cited suggest lung cancer in this occupation deserves further exploration. Further efforts of this type could test the usefulness of an occupational health surveillance system based on the death certificate.

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