Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hussain Alkhateeb, Laith ^a   Petzold, Max ^a,b   Collinson, Mark ^b,c,d   Tollman, Stephen ^b,c,d   Kahn, Kathleen ^b,c,d   Byass, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Cause of death; HDSS; Recall; South Africa; Time lapse; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REGISTRATION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992202109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12982-016-0051-1     Document Type: Article

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