Synergism of verbal autopsy and diagnostic pathology autopsy for improved accuracy of mortality data

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fligner, Corinne L ^a   Murray, Jill ^b   Roberts, Drucilla J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 79960869663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-25     Document Type: Note

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