Exposing misclassified HIV/AIDS deaths in South Africa.

Objective To quantify the deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) that are misattributed to other causes in South Africa's death registration data and to adjust for this bias. Methods Deaths in the World Health Organization's mortality da...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 278 - 286
Main Authors: Birnbaum, Jeanette Kurian, Murray, Christopher J. L., Lozano, Rafael
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization Apr2011
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