Ascertaining causes of neonatal deaths using verbal autopsy: Current methods and challenges

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-194

  Thatte, N ^a   Kalter, H D ^a   Baqui, A H ^a   Williams, E M ^a   Darmstadt, G L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE REGISTRY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NEWBORN TETANUS; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 61849142823     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.138     Document Type: Article

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