Thailand's national death registration reform: Verifying the causes of death between July 1997 and December 1999

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-116

  Choprapawon, C ^a,e   Porapakkham, Y ^b   Sablon, O ^c   Panjajaru, R ^c   Jhantharatat, B ^d  

^a Jasmine International Bldg   (Thailand)

^b Health System Research Institute   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Thailand Health Promotion Fund   (Thailand)

^e Jasmine International Bldg   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Death certificate validity; Mortality Data; Thailand; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844480073     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950501700209     Document Type: Article

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