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Use of the Social Security Administration Death Master File for ascertainment of mortality status.

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Hill ME, Rosenwaike I.

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Comparison of National Death Index and World Wide Web death searches.

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Utilizing multiple vital status tracing services optimizes mortality follow-up in large cohort studies.

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