Effect of misclassification of causes of death in verbal autopsy: Can it be adjusted?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 509-514

  Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Setel, Philip ^b   Quigley, Maria ^a  

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

^b University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adjusting; Misclassification; Sensitivity; Specificity; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034954507     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.3.509     Document Type: Article

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