Effect of misclassification of causes of death in verbal autopsy: can it be adjusted?

BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is an indirect method of ascertaining cause of death from information about symptoms and signs obtained from bereaved relatives. This method has been used in several settings to assess cause-specific mortality. However, cause-specific mortality estimates obtained by V...

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Main Authors: Chandramohan, D, Setel, P, Quigley, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001