Risk factors associated with the classification of unspecified and/or unexplained causes of death in an occupational cohort. | Zendy

Donna L. Cragle | Zendy; A Fetcher | Zendy

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Risk factors associated with the classification of unspecified and/or unexplained causes of death in an occupational cohort.

Author(s) -

Donna L. Cragle,

A Fetcher

Publication year - 1992

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.82.3.455

Subject(s) - medicine , death certificate , cohort , medical examiner , cause of death , cohort study , medical record , demography , environmental health , family medicine , injury prevention , poison control , disease , sociology

In a matched case-control study of an occupational cohort in East Tennessee, data from the death certificates of 608 cases and controls were abstracted and analyzed in order to investigate possible risk factors associated with the certification on the death certificate of an ill-defined cause of death. There was a very strong association between the ill-defined classification and the certifier, especially if the certifier was a medical examiner (OR = 10.4, 95% CI: 6.0, 18.0).

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