Verbal autopsy methods with multiple causes of death

Statistical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-91

  King, Gary ^a   Lu, Ying ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cause specific mortality; Classification; Sensitivity; Specificity; Survey research; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749130876     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-STS247     Document Type: Article

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