Verbal autopsies for adult deaths: Their development and validation in a multicentre study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 436-446

  Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Maude, Gillian H ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^a   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adult; Africa; Development; Sensitivity; Specificity; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; GHANA; HUMAN; INJURY; RABIES; RELIABILITY; TANZANIA; TETANUS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ETHIOPIA; GHANA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031747897     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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