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Verbal Autopsy Classification

Verbal Autopsy Classification is a methodological framework within vital event classification that identifies probable causes of death by systematically analyzing and interpreting reported signs, symptoms, and circumstances leading to death in populations without formal medical certification.

166

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13.7K

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1.6K

Authors

355

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2017–2026

36

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Publications

166

Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Mohsen Naghavi, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Cristiana Abbafati et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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Childhood deaths in Africa: uses and limitations of verbal autopsies

Robert W. Snow, Maria Winstanley, Vicki Marsh et al. · The Lancet · 1992 · 298 citations

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Stroke incidence in rural and urban Tanzania: a prospective, community-based study

Richard Walker, David Whiting, Nigel Unwin et al. · The Lancet Neurology · 2010 · 256 citations · Full text

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Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa

Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Michel Garenne et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2000 · 237 citations

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Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: the new InterVA-4 tool

Peter Byass, Daniel Chandramohan, Samuel J. Clark et al. · Global Health Action · 2012 · 224 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.6K

  1. PB
    Peter Byass

    Umeå University, Sweden

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. KK
    Kathleen Kahn

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. ST
    Stephen Tollman

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  4. PJ
    Prabhat Jha

    University of Toronto, Canada

    11 publications · 412 citations

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  5. AD
    Alan D López

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    10 publications · 649 citations

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Institutions

355

  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    59 publications

    4.6K citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    22 h-index

    94 publications

    5.8K citations

  3. Umeå University

    Umeå, Sweden

    22 h-index

    55 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Indepth Network

    Accra, Ghana

    19 h-index

    214 publications

    11.9K citations

  5. Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    13 h-index

    46 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    49 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    13 h-index

    42 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Global Health Action

    16 publications · 830 citations

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  2. Tropical Medicine & International Health

    15 publications · 931 citations

    14

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  3. Population Health Metrics

    PHM · 15 publications · 798 citations

    14

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 11 publications · 570 citations

    11

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  5. PLoS ONE

    8 publications · 333 citations

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