Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: Design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Murray, Christopher J L ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b   Black, Robert ^c   Ahuja, Ramesh ^d,e   Ali, Said M ^f   Baqui, Abdullah ^c   Dandona, Lalit ^a,g   Dantzer, Emily ^h   Das, Vinita ⁱ   Dhingra, Usha ^c   Dutta, Arup ^c   Fawzi, Wafaie ^j   Flaxman, Abraham D ^a   Gómez, Sara ^k   Hernández, Bernardo ^k   Joshi, Rohina ^l   Kalter, Henry ^c   Kumar, Aarti ^d,e   Kumar, Vishwajeet ^d,e   Lozano, Rafael ^a   Lucero, Marilla ^m   Mehta, Saurabh ⁿ   Neal, Bruce ^l   Ohno, Summer L ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ⁱ   Praveen, Devarsetty ^l   Premji, Zul ^o   Ramírez Villalobos, Dolores ^k   Remolador, Hazel ^m   Riley, Ian ^b   Romero, Minerva ^k   Said, Mwanaidi ^o   Sanvictores, Diozele ^m   Sazawal, Sunil ⁿ   Tallo, Veronica ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Community Empowerment Lab ^*  (India)

^e Okhla Industrial Area   (India)

^f Public Health Laboratory IdC   (Tanzania)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^l GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^m RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

ⁿ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^o MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

more..

Author keywords

Cause of death; Gold standard; India; Mexico; Philippines; Tanzania; VA; Validation; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA SET; DESIGN; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PATHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEXICO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PATHOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION HEALTH METRICS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH; STUDY DESIGN; TANZANIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL AUTOPSY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; INDIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; PHILIPPINES; TANZANIA;

EID: 79961118664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-27     Document Type: Article

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