Algorithms for verbal autopsies: a validation study in Kenyan children.

The verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaire is a widely used method for collecting information on cause-specific mortality where the medical certification of deaths in childhood is incomplete. This paper discusses review by physicians and expert algorithms as approaches to ascribing cause of deaths from t...

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Main Authors: Quigley, M, Schellenberg, A, Snow, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1996