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Infectious Disease Surveillance by Medical Examiners and Coroners
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 To the Editor: Medical examiners and coroners (ME/C) investigate ≈20% of all deaths in the United States (1); these include persons who die outside the health care system or die precipitously without a confirmed diagnosis. Surveillance through ME/C offices for unexplained deaths that might have infectious causes can serve as a sentinel system to ...
Dianna M. Blau +2 more
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JMIR Mental Health, 2023 BackgroundFirearm suicide has been more prevalent among males, but age-adjusted female firearm suicide rates increased by 20% from 2010 to 2020, outpacing the rate increase among males by about 8 percentage points, and female ...
Weipeng Zhou +3 more
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Accuracy of the national violent death reporting system in identifying unintentional firearm deaths to children by children [PDF]
Injury EpidemiologyBackground In assigning manner of death (MOD) for inclusion on death certificates, medical examiners and coroners do not always apply uniform criteria. Previous research indicates surveillance statistics based on death certificates, such as the National ...
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Medical Examiners, Coroners, and Bioterrorism [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000 Kurt B. Nolte +2 more
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Vital Role of Medical Examiners and Coroners in Organ Transplantation [PDF]
American Journal of Transplantation, 2004 Many people die owing to the shortage of donor organs. Medical examiners and coroners (MEs/Cs) play a vital role in making organs available for potential recipients. Medical examiners'/coroners' case data were collected using a structured confirmatory-recorded methodology for calendar years 2000-01 and were linked and analyzed with donor and transplant
Teresa J, Shafer +4 more
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CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CONNECTICUT. [PDF]
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1883 Perhaps nothing has occurred during the past year of more general interest to the medical profession in Connecticut than the enactment of a new law concerning coroners. The desirability of a change in the methods of conducting inquests had long been apparent, when in May, 1879, the subject was brought to the notice of the Fellows of the Connecticut ...
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Medical Examiners, Coroners, and Public Health: A Review and Update
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2006 Abstract Context. —Traditionally, the emphasis of work done by medical examiners, coroners, and the death investigation community has been viewed as serving the criminal justice system. During the last several decades, however, an important role for these 3 groups has emerged within public ...
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Are suicides underreported? The impact of coroners versus medical examiners on suicide reporting. [PDF]
Health Serv ResFernandez JM, Jayawardhana J.
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Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2021 IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic and governmental responses have raised concerns about any corresponding rise in suicide and/or drug toxicity mortality due to exacerbations of mental illness, economic issues, changes to drug supply ...
Emily Schleihauf, Matthew J. Bowes
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BJGP Open, 2022 Background: The global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is forecast to increase, and anticoagulants will remain important medicines for its management.
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