Opportunities to Enhance the Utility of Cause of Death Information From Death Certificates

Affiliations

¹ Shari M. Ling is with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD. Margaret Warner is with the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD. Robert N. Anderson is Chief, Mortality Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville.

Editorial

Shari M Ling et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S42-S44.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306722.

¹ Shari M. Ling is with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD. Margaret Warner is with the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD. Robert N. Anderson is Chief, Mortality Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville.

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