Accuracy of WHO Verbal Autopsy Tool in Determining Major Causes of Neonatal Deaths in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aggarwal, Arun K ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Pandit, Sadbhawna ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Government Multispecialty Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STILLBIRTH; VERBAL AUTOPSY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872847436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054865     Document Type: Article

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