Methodological trends in studies based on verbal autopsies before and after published guidelines

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 678-682

  Joshi, Rohina ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a   Neal, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA SET; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; GUIDELINE; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 70249151482     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.049288     Document Type: Article

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