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Special Issue: INDEPTH Network Cause-Specific Mortality

Who died of what in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cause of death analysis using InterVA-4

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Article: 25496 | Received 18 Jul 2014, Accepted 29 Aug 2014, Published online: 29 Oct 2014

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