Using mortuary statistics in the development of an injury surveillance system in Ghana

• Główni autorzy: London Jason (Autor), Mock Charles (Autor), Abantanga Francis A. (Autor), Quansah Robert E. (Autor), Boateng K.A (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: The World Health Organization, 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Hasła przedmiotowe: article
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OBJECTIVE: To develop, in a mortuary setting, a pilot programme for improving the accuracy of records of deaths caused by injury. METHODS: The recording of injury-related deaths was upgraded at the mortuary of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, in 1996 through the creation of a prosp...