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Local perceptions of causes of death in rural South Africa: a comparison of perceived and verbal autopsy causes of death

BACKGROUND: Understanding how lay people perceive the causes of mortality and their associated risk factors is important for public health. In resource-limited settings, where verbal autopsy (VA) is used as the most expedient method of determining cause of death, it is important to understand how pr...

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Autores principales: Hussain-Alkhateeb, Laith, Fottrell, Edward, Petzold, Max, Kahn, Kathleen, Byass, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4507750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26193897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28302