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

Peter ByassUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;IMMPACT, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel ChandramohanLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London, UK
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Samuel J. ClarkDepartment of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Lucia D'AmbruosoUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Edward FottrellUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Wendy J. GrahamIMMPACT, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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Abraham J. HerbstAfrica Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Kanda, Accra, Ghana
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Abraham HodgsonGhana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
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Sennen HountonUNFPA, New York, USA
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Kathleen KahnUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Anand KrishnanCentre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Jordana LeitaoLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London, UK
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Frank OdhiamboKenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya
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Osman A. SankohSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Kanda, Accra, Ghana
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Stephen M. TollmanUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Kanda, Accra, Ghana
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Article: 19281 | Received 03 Aug 2012, Accepted 23 Aug 2012, Published online: 03 Sep 2012

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