Deaths caused by HIV disease under-reported in South Africa.

Modelling of trends in age-specific death rates in South Africa suggests that deaths attributable to HIV are often misclassified on death notification forms. We compared the underlying cause of death from death notification forms with that based on scrutiny of medical records for 683 deaths in Cape...

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Main Authors: Yudkin, P, Burger, E, Bradshaw, D, Groenewald, P, Ward, A, Volmink, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009