© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 10, 710-711,
May 15, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Health Agencies Adopt New Disease Classification Codes
In addition to adopting the new year 2000 U.S. population standard, the nations major health statistics agencies are making another major change in the way data is collected and reported by updating the way they have been classifying disease for the last 20 years.
The National Center for Health Statistics is among the first of