Mortality Measurement Matters: Improving Data Collection and Estimation Methods for Child and Adult Mortality
Open Access
- 13 April 2010
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 7 (4), e1000265
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000265
Abstract
Colin Mathers and Ties Boerma discuss three research articles in PLoS Medicine that address the measurement and analysis of child and adult mortality data collected through death registration, censuses, and household surveys.Keywords
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