Surveillance of sentinel occupational mortality in the District of Columbia
1980 To 1987
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11025541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Cottrell (0000-0002-7526-2991), Angela M Cottrell (Howard University), Eugene Schwartz, R Sokas, Rosemary K Sokas (0000-0002-4380-7141), V Kofie, V Y Kofie, Lindsay Welch (0000-0001-5564-2252) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-119 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.82.1.117 |
| PMID | 1536314 |
| OpenAlex | W2134408782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Epidemiological surveillance of sentinel occupationally related deaths commonly relies on computerized analyses of mortality data obtained from vital statistics records. A computer search of death records in the District of Columbia for the period 1980 to 1987 identified 15 cases that noted asbestosis, silicosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, or primary cancer of the pleura/mesothelioma as the underlying cause of death. A manual review of the death certificates for the same period identified three times as many cases (n = 48) with any mention of these conditions. Problems with performing surveillance of these events using death certificates include the lack of sufficient information to identify mesotheliomas and the failure to code and computerize all contributing causes of death
Asbestos · Asbestosis · Cause of death · Disease · Environmental health · Epidemiologic Surveillance · Mesothelioma · Pathology · Pneumoconiosis · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes · Demography · Epidemiology · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Occupational and environmental lung diseases
An assessment of occupation and industry data from death certificates and hospital medical records for population-based cancer surveillance
Occupational disease surveillance with existing data sources
Surveillance in occupational illness and injury
Accuracy of cancer death certificates and its effect on cancer mortality statistics
Sentinel Health Events (occupational)
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |