When a nurse examines birth and death certificates during an epidemiologic investigation, what data category is being used?

a. Routinely collected data
b. Data collected for other purposes but useful for epidemiologic research
c. Original data collected for specific epidemiologic studies
d. Surveillance data


ANS: A

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