Causes of stillbirth, neonatal death and early childhood death in rural Zambia by verbal autopsy assessments

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 894-901

  Turnbull, Eleanor ^a,b   Lembalemba, Mwila K ^c   Brad Guffey, M ^a,b   Bolton Moore, Carolyn ^a,b   Mubiana Mbewe, Mwangelwa ^a   Chintu, Namwinga ^a,b   Giganti, Mark J ^a,b   Nalubamba Phiri, Mutinta ^d   Stringer, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^a,b   Chi, Benjamin H ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kafue District Health Management Team   (Zambia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Autopsy; Cause of death; Infant; Stillbirth; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETIOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEONATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH; ZAMBIA;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STILLBIRTH; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79958791011     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02776.x     Document Type: Article

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