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

BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays in follow-up of deaths. The resulting time lag—from death to VA interview—can in...

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Autores principales: Hussain-Alkhateeb, Laith, Petzold, Max, Collinson, Mark, Tollman, Stephen, Kahn, Kathleen, Byass, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12982-016-0051-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12982-016-0051-1

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