Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes

OBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based on the investigation of such causes. METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of investigating the causes of death classified as IDCD in accordance with chapter 18 of the International Classification of...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth França, Renato Teixeira, Lenice Ishitani, Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Juan José Cortez-Escalante, Otaliba Libânio de Morais Neto, Célia Landman Szwarcwald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-08-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102014000400671&lng=en&tlng=en