Prospective study of one million deaths in India: rationale, design, and validation results.

<h4>Background</h4>Over 75% of the annual estimated 9.5 million deaths in India occur in the home, and the large majority of these do not have a certified cause. India and other developing countries urgently need reliable quantification of the causes of death. They also need better epide...

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Main Authors: Prabhat Jha, Vendhan Gajalakshmi, Prakash C Gupta, Rajesh Kumar, Prem Mony, Neeraj Dhingra, Richard Peto, RGI-CGHR Prospective Study Collaborators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030018