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Using verbal autopsy to track epidemic dynamics: the case of HIV-related mortality in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) has often been used for point estimates of cause-specific mortality, but seldom to characterize long-term changes in epidemic patterns. Monitoring emerging causes of death involves practitioners' developing perceptions of diseases and demands consistent methods a...

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Autores principales: Byass, Peter, Kahn, Kathleen, Fottrell, Edward, Mee, Paul, Collinson, Mark A, Tollman, Stephen M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21819601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-9-46