Validity of verbal autopsy for ascertaining the causes of stillbirth
OBJECTIVE: To validate the verbal autopsy tool for stillbirths of the World Health Organization (WHO) by using hospital diagnosis of the underlying cause of stillbirth (the gold standard) and to compare the fraction of stillbirths attributed to various specific causes through hospital assessment ver...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000100010&lng=en&tlng=en |