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Schizophrenia in Thailand: prevalence and burden of disease
Pudtan Phanthunane, Theo Vos, Harvey Whiteford, Melanie Bertram, Pichet Udomratn
Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:24 (17 August 2010)
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A comparison of physicians and medical assistants in interpreting verbal autopsy interviews for allocating cause of neonatal death in Matlab, Bangladesh: can medical assistants be considered an alternative to physicians?
Hafizur R Chowdhury, Sandra C Thompson, Mohammed Ali, Nurul Alam , Mohammed Yunus , Peter K Streatfield
Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:23 (17 August 2010)
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The effect of participant nonresponse on HIV prevalence estimates in a population-based survey in two informal settlements in Nairobi city
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Nyovani J Madise, Mwau Matilu, Eliya Zulu, John Kebaso, Samoel Khamadi, Vincent Okoth, Alex C Ezeh
Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:22 (22 July 2010)
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Verbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the InterVA model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the Nairobi DSS
Samuel O Oti, Catherine Kyobutungi
Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:21 (29 June 2010)
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Consistency and precision of cancer reporting in a multiwave national panel survey
Anna Zajacova, Jennifer Beam Dowd, Robert F Schoeni, Robert B Wallace
Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:20 (25 June 2010)
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Thematic series highlights improvements in mortality statistics
Accurate mortality statistics are fundamental to help guide priorities in public health policy, planning, and resource allocation. Population Health Metrics has published a new thematic series, Measuring mortality in Thailand, which investigates the validity and quality of cause-specific mortality statistics in Thailand during 2005 by using extensive field studies to develop reliable estimates of mortality by age, sex, and cause.
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