Verbal autopsy: reliability and validity estimates for causes of death in the Golestan Cohort Study in Iran.

Verbal autopsy: reliability and validity estimates for causes of death in the Golestan Cohort Study in Iran.

BACKGROUND:Verbal autopsy (VA) is one method to obtain valid estimates of causes of death in the absence of valid medical records. We tested the reliability and validity of a VA questionnaire developed for a cohort study in Golestan Province in northeastern Iran. METHOD:A modified version of the WHO...

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Main Authors: Hooman Khademi, Arash Etemadi, Farin Kamangar, Mehdi Nouraie, Ramin Shakeri, Behrooz Abaie, Akram Pourshams, Mohammad Bagheri, Afshin Hooshyar, Farhad Islami, Christian C Abnet, Paul Pharoah, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Sanford M Dawsey, Reza Malekzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2887437?pdf=render

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