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Death certificates: Let's get it right!

Desiree Pieterse, Pam Groenewald, Debbie Bradshaw, Elsie H Burger, Jon Rohde, Gavin Reagon

Authors' affiliations

Desiree Pieterse, Burden of Disease Unit, Medical Research Council

Pam Groenewald, Burden of Disease Unit, Medical Research Council

Debbie Bradshaw, Burden of Disease Unit, Medical Research Council

Elsie H Burger, Division of Forensic Medicine, University of Stellenbosch

Jon Rohde, 3 Moray Place, Oranjezict, Cape Town

Gavin Reagon, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape

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Keywords

Medical certification of death, cause of death

Cite this article

South African Medical Journal 2009;99(9):643.

Article History

Date submitted: 2009-06-05
Date published: 2009-09-01

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