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Editorial
. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S36-S38.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306409.

Serious Illness and Limitations of Death Certificate-Based Data: Urgent Lessons From the Opioid Epidemic

Jessica S Merlin  1 , Melissa W Wachterman  1 , William C Becker  1 , Amy S B Bohnert  1
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Editorial

Serious Illness and Limitations of Death Certificate-Based Data: Urgent Lessons From the Opioid Epidemic

Jessica S Merlin et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb.
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