The autopsy as a measure of accuracy of the death certificate.

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• Publication year

  1982

• Venue

  Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

• Publication date

  1982-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1056/nejm198605083141922PMID 6963186PMCID PMC1805386
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