"Death Certificates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Official records of individual deaths including the cause of death certified by a physician, and any other required identifying information.
| Descriptor ID |
D003644
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.940.350 L01.399.250.900.350 N04.452.859.264 N05.715.360.300.715.315 N06.850.520.308.940.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Death Certificates- Death Certificates
- Certificate, Death
- Certificates, Death
- Death Certificate
Death Records- Death Records
- Death Record
- Record, Death
- Records, Death
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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Landes SD, Turk MA, Lauer E. Recommendations for Accurately Reporting Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on Death Certificates. Am J Prev Med. 2020 12; 59(6):892-895.
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Min JY, Grijalva CG, Morrow JA, Whitmore CC, Hawley RE, Singh S, Swain RS, Griffin MR. A comparison of two algorithms to identify sudden cardiac deaths in computerized databases. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2019 10; 28(10):1411-1416.
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Denneson LM, Kovas AE, Britton PC, Kaplan MS, McFarland BH, Dobscha SK. Suicide Risk Documented During Veterans' Last Veterans Affairs Health Care Contacts Prior to Suicide. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2016 06; 46(3):363-74.
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Lynge TH, Risgaard B, Jabbari R, Glinge C, Bundgaard H, Maron B, Hauns? S, Winkel BG, Tfelt-Hansen J. Cardiac symptoms before sudden cardiac death caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a nationwide study among the young in Denmark. Europace. 2016 Dec; 18(12):1801-1808.
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Zhang Y, Cohen B, Macaluso M, Zhang Z, Durant T, Nannini A. Probabilistic linkage of assisted reproductive technology information with vital records, Massachusetts 1997-2000. Matern Child Health J. 2012 Nov; 16(8):1703-8.
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Huguet N, Kaplan MS, McFarland BH. Rates and correlates of undetermined deaths among African Americans: results from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2012 Apr; 42(2):185-96.
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Fischtein D, Cina SJ. Errors on death certificates requiring amendments: the Broward County experience. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2011 Jun; 32(2):146-8.
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Cina SJ, Davis GJ. Cardiac dysrhythmia during restraint. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Dec; 31(4):e4.
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Cambridge B, Cina SJ. The accuracy of death certificate completion in a suburban community. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Sep; 31(3):232-5.
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Gruneir A, Mor V, Weitzen S, Truchil R, Teno J, Roy J. Where people die: a multilevel approach to understanding influences on site of death in America. Med Care Res Rev. 2007 Aug; 64(4):351-78.