Improving the public health utility of global cardiovascular mortality data: the rise of ischemic heart disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>High-quality, cause-specific mortality data are critical for effective health policy. Yet vague cause of death codes, such as heart failure, are highly prevalent in global mortality data. We propose an empirical method correcting mor...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Gakidou Emmanuela, Foreman Kyle, Naghavi Mohsen, Lozano Rafael, Ahern Ryan M, Murray Christopher JL
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:English
منشور في: BMC 2011-03-01
سلاسل:Population Health Metrics
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/9/1/8