Validity of verbal autopsy method to determine causes of death among adults in the urban setting of Ethiopia

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Misganaw, Awoke ^a   Mariam, Damen Haile ^a   Araya, Tekebash ^a   Aneneh, Aderaw ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Ethiopia; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BENCHMARKING; BURIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865332618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-130     Document Type: Article

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