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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...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 151 - 156
Main Authors: Huguet, Nathalie, Kaplan, Mark S., McFarland, Bentson H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Public Health Association Jan2014
Subjects:
United States
United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Public health surveillance
Causes of death
Veterans
Military personnel
Suicide
Retrospective studies
Database evaluation
Research methodology
Research funding
Death certificates
Research bias
Disease incidence
Descriptive statistics
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