Verbal autopsy of 80,000 adult deaths in Tamilnadu, South India

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Registration of the fact of death is almost complete in the city of Chennai and not so in the rural Villupuram district in Tamilnadu, India. The cause of death is often inadequately recorded on the death certificate in developing cou...

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Main Authors: Peto Richard, Gajalakshmi Vendhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/47