Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa

Kahn, Kathleen; Tollman, Stephen; Garenne, Michel; Gear, J

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00638.x

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Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa

Published in Tropical Medicine & International Health • Nov 1, 2000

Authors:

Kathleen Kahn

Stephen Tollman

Michel Garenne

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To validate the causes of death determined with a single verbal autopsy instrument covering all age groups in the Agincourt subdistrict of rural South Africa. METHODS: Verbal autopsies (VAs) were conducted on all deaths recorded during annual demographic and health surveillance over a 3-y...

Subject

Verbal autopsy

Medicine

Medical diagnosis

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