Validation of SmartVA using conventional autopsy: A study of adult deaths in Brazil

• Main Authors: John D. Hart (Author), Paulo Afonso de André (Author), Carmen Diva Saldiva de André (Author), Tim Adair (Author), Lucia Pereira Barroso (Author), Sandra Valongueiro (Author), Ana Luiza Bierrenbach (Author), Patrícia Ismael de Carvalho (Author), Maria Bernadete de Cerqueira Antunes (Author), Conceição Maria de Oliveira (Author), Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira (Author), Cátia Martinez Minto (Author), Tânia Maria da Silva Bezerra (Author), Sérgio Parente Costa (Author), Bárbara Araújo de Azevedo (Author), José Ricardo Alves de Lima (Author), Denise Souza de Meira Mota (Author), Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos (Author), Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza (Author), Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva (Author), Elisabeth Barboza França (Author), Deirdre McLaughlin (Author), Ian D. Riley (Author), Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Accurate cause of death data are essential to guide health policy. However, mortality surveillance is limited in many low-income countries. In such settings, verbal autopsy (VA) is increasingly used to provide population-level cause of death data. VAs are now widely interpreted...