Verbal Autopsy for Neurological Diseases
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Verbal autopsy for neurological diseases.
Verbal autopsy is an interview-based technique to determine the cause distribution of death in a population. The use of verbal autopsy for understanding neurological diseases is crucial to burden of disease analyses in many countries, particularly in locations where civil registration systems are non-functioning or absent. We review the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses in the use of verbal a...
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BACKGROUND Verbal autopsy analyses are widely used for estimating cause-specific mortality rates (CSMR) in the vast majority of the world without high-quality medical death registration. Verbal autopsies -- survey interviews with the caretakers of imminent decedents -- stand in for medical examinations or physical autopsies, which are infeasible or culturally prohibited. METHODS AND FINDINGS ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0535