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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Data Collection > Vital Statistics > Mortality > Cause of Death
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... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Data Collection > Vital Statistics > Mortality > Cause of Death
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Cause of Death  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Causes of Death
  • Death Cause
  • Death Causes

Note

  • note categories; do not use for cause of death in every clinical case; restrict to cause of death as an epidemiological consideration: "mortality by cause of death", "certification of cause of death"; probably IM in such cases; coord NIM with specific disease /mortal (IM); specify geog if pertinent

Scope note

  • Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.

History note

  • 88

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002423

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