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Editorial
. 2011 Aug 1:9:25.
doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-25.

Synergism of verbal autopsy and diagnostic pathology autopsy for improved accuracy of mortality data

Corinne L Fligner  1 , Jill Murray, Drucilla J Roberts
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Editorial

Synergism of verbal autopsy and diagnostic pathology autopsy for improved accuracy of mortality data

Corinne L Fligner et al. Popul Health Metr. .
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