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Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics
BACKGROUND: Detailed cause of death data by age group and sex are critical to identify key public health issues and target interventions appropriately. In this study the quality of local routinely collected cause of death data from medical certification is reviewed, and a cause of death profile for...
Autores principales: | Carter, Karen, Hufanga, Sione, Rao, Chalapati, Akauola, Sione, Lopez, Alan D, Rampatige, Rasika, Taylor, Richard |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3378436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22390221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-10-4 |
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