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Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

Rafael Lozano, Michael K Freeman, Spencer L James, Benjamin Campbell, Alan D Lopez, Abraham D Flaxman, Christopher JL Murray, Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:50 (5 August 2011)

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Feasibility of using a World Health Organization-standard methodology for Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy (SAVVY) to report leading causes of death in Zambia: results of a pilot in four provinces, 2010

Sheila S Mudenda, Stanley Kamocha, Robert Mswia, Martha Conkling, Palver Sikanyiti, Dara Potter, William C Mayaka, Melissa A Marx Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:40 (5 August 2011)

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Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008

Billy N Mayanja, Kathy Baisley, Norah Nalweyiso, Freddie M Kibengo, Joseph O Mugisha, Lieve Van der Paal, Dermot Maher, Pontiano Kaleebu Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:36 (4 August 2011)

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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

Maurice Yé, Eric Diboulo, Louis Niamba, Ali Sié, Boubacar Coulibaly, Cheik Bagagnan, Jonas Dembélé, Heribert Ramroth Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:34 (4 August 2011)

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Performance of physician-certified verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

Rafael Lozano, Alan D Lopez, Charles Atkinson, Mohsen Naghavi, Abraham D Flaxman, Christopher JL Murray, Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:32 (4 August 2011)

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Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies

Christopher JL Murray, Rafael Lozano, Abraham D Flaxman, Alireza Vahdatpour, Alan D Lopez Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:28 (4 August 2011)

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Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets

Christopher JL Murray, Alan D Lopez, Robert Black, Ramesh Ahuja, Said Ali, Abdullah Baqui, Lalit Dandona, Emily Dantzer, Vinita Das, Usha Dhingra, Arup Dutta, Wafaie Fawzi, Abraham D Flaxman, Sara Gómez, Bernardo Hernández, Rohina Joshi, Henry Kalter, Aarti Kumar, Vishwajeet Kumar, Rafael Lozano, Marilla Lucero, Saurabh Mehta, Bruce Neal, Summer Ohno, Rajendra Prasad, Devarsetty Praveen, Zul Premji, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Hazel Remolador, Ian Riley, Minerva Romero, Mwanaidi Said, Diozele Sanvictores, Sunil Sazawal, Veronica Tallo et al. Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:27 (4 August 2011)

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