Algorithms for verbal autopsies: A validation study in Kenyan children

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Quigley, M A ^a   Armstrong Schellenberg, J R M ^a   Snow, R W ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; MORTALITY DATA; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

KENYA;

EID: 0029669893     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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