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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Hlavní autoři: Gakidou Emmanuela, Foreman Kyle, Naghavi Mohsen, Lozano Rafael, Ahern Ryan M, Murray Christopher JL
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: BMC 2011-03-01
Edice:Population Health Metrics
On-line přístup:http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/9/1/8