"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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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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Epidemiology of fatal ruptured aortic aneurysms in the United States (1999-2016). J Vasc Surg. 2019 02; 69(2):378-384.e2.
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Ascertaining cause of death among men in the prostate cancer intervention versus observation trial. Clin Trials. 2013; 10(6):907-14.
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Racial misclassification and disparities in cardiovascular disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Circulation. 2005 Mar 15; 111(10):1250-6.