Use of the Coding Causes of Death in HIV in the classification of deaths in Northeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Describe the coding process of death causes for people living with HIV/AIDS, and classify deaths as related or unrelated to immunodeficiency by applying the Coding Causes of Death in HIV (CoDe) system. METHODS A cross-sectional study that codifies and classifies the causes of...

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Main Authors: Diana Neves Alves, Cristiane Campello Bresani-Salvi, Joanna d’Arc Lyra Batista, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Heloísa Ramos Lacerda de Melo, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-09-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102017000100275&lng=en&tlng=en