Setting international standards for verbal autopsy.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization | August 2007, 85 (8) Setting international standards for verbal autopsy Frank Baiden,a Ayaga Bawah,b Sidu Biai,c Fred Binka,b Ties Boerma,d Peter Byass,e Daniel Chandramohan,f Somnath Chatterji,d Cyril Engmann,g Dieltiens Greet,h Robert Jakob,d Kathleen Kahn,i Osamu Kunii,j Alan D Lopez,k Christopher J L Murray,l Bernard Nahlen,m Chalapati Rao,k Osman Sankoh,b Philip W Setel,n Kenji Shibuya,d Nadia Soleman,d Linda Wright o & Gonghuan Yang p
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
دوره 85 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007