Racial differences in rates of autopsy in the US

What The Study Did:

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to assess racial differences in rates of autopsy of decedents older than age 18 from 2008 to 2017.

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Fumiko Chino, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, is the corresponding author.

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