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PRIMARY CAUSE DEATH [1 record]

Record 1 2016-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Demography
  • Epidemiology
  • Emergency Management
DEF

... the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Démographie
  • Épidémiologie
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

[...] maladie ou [...] traumatisme qui a déclenché l'évolution morbide conduisant directement au décès, ou [...] circonstances de l'accident ou de la violence qui ont entraîné le traumatisme mortel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Demografía
  • Epidemiología
  • Gestión de emergencias
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