Verbal autopsy: Who needs it?

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  AbouZahr, Carla ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL AUTOPSY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79960659223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-19     Document Type: Note

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