Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: Validating routine death certification

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pattaraarchachai, Junya ^a   Rao, Chalapati ^b   Polprasert, Warangkana ^c   Porapakkham, Yawarat ^d   Pao in, Wansa ^a   Singwerathum, Noppcha ^d   Lopez, Alan D ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c School of Health Sciences   (Thailand)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECORD; RESEARCH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

THAILAND;

EID: 77953889107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-12     Document Type: Article

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