Death certificates, natural death, and alcohol. The problem of underreporting
Hanzlick, R.
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 9(2): 149-150
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0195-7910 PMID: 3381794 Document Number: 325057
Previous studies have identified an apparent underreporting of alcohol-related natural deaths on death certificates. This survey consists of a review of death certificates in one urban county, and provides further evidence that alcohol-caused natural deaths are underreported by physicians who sign death certificates.