Singh's verbal autopsy questionnaire for the assessment of causes of death, social autopsy, tobacco autopsy and dietary autopsy, based on medical records and interview

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-481

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Fedacko, Jan ^b   Vargova, Viola ^b   Kumar, Adarsh ^c   Mohan, Varun ^c   Pella, Daniel ^b   de Meester, Fabien ^d   Wilson, Douglas ^e  

^a HALBERG HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Tsim Tsoum Institute   (Poland)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Infections; Mortality; Nutrition; Stroke; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDIA; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSE; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VERBAL AUTOPSY QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80051974838     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.66.4.2126596     Document Type: Article

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