Who Needs Cause-of-Death Data?
Open Access
- 20 November 2007
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (11), e333
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040333
Abstract
The author discusses two studies that report important methodological advances in determining cause of death, which is crucial for health planning and prioritization.Keywords
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