Documenting mortality in crises: what keeps us from doing better

PLoS Med. 2008 Jul 1;5(7):e146. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050146.

Abstract

Francesco Checchi and Les Roberts discuss how mortality among crisis-affected populations is currently documented, barriers to better documentation, and how these barriers might be overcome.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Demography
  • Documentation / methods
  • Documentation / standards
  • Documentation / trends*
  • Emergencies / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Mortality / trends*
  • Population Dynamics
  • Population Surveillance / methods