Reliability of Geneological Cemetery Records in Ascertaining Vital Status in an Historical Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Background Ascertainment of vital status is a particular challenge in studies of historical cohorts, particularly when the time last known to be alive precedes available and linkable death databases. In Australia, vital status is typically ascertained by linkage to the National Death Inde...

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Published in:International Journal of Population Data Science
Main Authors: Stella Gwini, Ewan MacFarlane, Geza Benke, Malcolm Sim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/244