Comparing verbal autopsy cause of death findings as determined by physician coding and probabilistic modelling: A public health analysis of 54 000 deaths in Africa and Asia

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Byass, Peter ^a,b,c   Herbst, Kobus ^d,e   Fottrell, Edward ^a,f   Ali, Mohamed M ^g   Odhiambo, Frank ^h   Amek, Nyaguara ^h   Hamel, Mary J ^h,i   Laserson, Kayla F ^h,i   Kahn, Kathleen ^a,b   Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa ^b   Mee, Paul ^b   Bird, Jon ^j   Jakob, Robert ^g   Sankoh, Osman ^b,e,k   Tollman, Stephen M ^a,b,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h KEMRI CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration   (Kenya)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 84937065728     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.05.010402     Document Type: Article

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