The Effects of Misclassification Biases on Veteran Suicide Rate Estimates.
Objectives. We assessed the impact that possible veteran suicide misclassification biases (i.e., inaccuracy in ascertainment of veteran status on the death certificate and misclassification of suicide as other manner of death) have on veteran suicide rate estimates. Methods. We obtained suicide mort...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 151 - 156 |
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