Prospective validation of a standardized questionnaire for estimating childhood mortality and morbidity due to pneumonia and diarrhoea

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 134-144

  Coldham, C ^a   Ross, D ^a   Quigley, M ^a   Segura, Z ^b   Chandramohan, D ^a  

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

^b Instituto CentroAmericano de la Salud   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Morbidity; Mortality; Pneumonia; Retrospective interview; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NICARAGUA; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0034016375     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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