An improved method for physician-certified verbal autopsy reduces the rate of discrepancy: experiences in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (NHDSS), Burkina Faso.

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Published in Popul Health Metr on August 04, 2011

Authors

Maurice Yé1, Eric Diboulo, Louis Niamba, Ali Sié, Boubacar Coulibaly, Cheik Bagagnan, Jonas Dembélé, Heribert Ramroth

Author Affiliations

1: Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Burkina Faso, PO BOX 02 Nouna, Burkina Faso. yemaure@yahoo.fr.

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