Development of a post-mortem procedure to reduce the uncertainty regarding causes of death in developing countries

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bassat, Quique ^a,b   Ordi, Jaume ^b   Vila, Jordi ^b   Ismail, Mamudo R ^c   Carrilho, Carla ^c   Lacerda, Marcus ^d,e   Munguambe, Khátia ^a   Odhiambo, Frank ^f   Lell, Bertrand ^g,h   Sow, Samba ⁱ   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^j   Rabinovich, N Regina ^k,l   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b  

^a Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d Fundacao de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado   (Brazil)

^e Universidade Do Estado da Amazonas   (Brazil)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné HÔpital Albert Schweitzer   (Gabon)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ Centre pour les Vaccins en Development   (Mali)

^j AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^k HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LETTER; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84887583277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70037-8     Document Type: Letter

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