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Verbal autopsy can consistently measure AIDS mortality: a validation study in Tanzania and Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy is currently the only option for obtaining cause of death information in most populations with a widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic. METHODS: With the use of a data-driven algorithm, a set of criteria for classifying AIDS mortality was trained. Data from two longitudinal communi...
Autores principales: | Lopman, B, Cook, A, Smith, J, Chawira, G, Urassa, M, Kumogola, Y, Isingo, R, Ihekweazu, C, Ruwende, J, Ndege, M, Gregson, S, Zaba, B, Boerma, T |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Group
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922698/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19854751 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.081554 |
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