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Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print]
The Fate of Historical Death Certificates: The Silent Burning of Another Library of Alexandria.
Alonso WJ, Acu?a-Soto R, Schuck-Paim C, Breman JG.
Source
Wladimir J. Alonso and Joel G. Breman are with the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Rodolfo Acu?a-Soto is with the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical School, Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico, Mexico City, Mexico. Cynthia Schuck-Paim is with Origem Scientifica Ltd., Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Wladimir J. Alonso is also with Origem Scientifica Ltd.
Abstract
Ever since societies created registration systems of their citizens, they also provided something literally transcendental to each individual-a lasting record of their existence. Today these documents are not only a testimony of a person's life but also precious sources of knowledge to understand the workings of diseases that still haunt us. For instance, the understanding of secular trends in maternal mortality,(1) and the identification of early warnings of influenza pandemics(2) were only possible thanks to the information on historical death certificates kept in archives, cemeteries, and churches.(3) The recent study by Brosco(4) on the history of medical care for children in the United States also illustrates nicely the importance of vital statistics preservation and how this information contributed to improving pediatric health policies in this country. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 18, 2012: e1-e2. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2012.301086).
PMID:
23078497
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23078497
The Fate of Historical Death Certificates: The Silent Burning of Another Library of Alexandria.
Alonso WJ, Acu?a-Soto R, Schuck-Paim C, Breman JG.
Source
Wladimir J. Alonso and Joel G. Breman are with the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Rodolfo Acu?a-Soto is with the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical School, Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico, Mexico City, Mexico. Cynthia Schuck-Paim is with Origem Scientifica Ltd., Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Wladimir J. Alonso is also with Origem Scientifica Ltd.
Abstract
Ever since societies created registration systems of their citizens, they also provided something literally transcendental to each individual-a lasting record of their existence. Today these documents are not only a testimony of a person's life but also precious sources of knowledge to understand the workings of diseases that still haunt us. For instance, the understanding of secular trends in maternal mortality,(1) and the identification of early warnings of influenza pandemics(2) were only possible thanks to the information on historical death certificates kept in archives, cemeteries, and churches.(3) The recent study by Brosco(4) on the history of medical care for children in the United States also illustrates nicely the importance of vital statistics preservation and how this information contributed to improving pediatric health policies in this country. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 18, 2012: e1-e2. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2012.301086).
PMID:
23078497
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23078497