Research article
Causes of death and associated conditions (Codac) – a utilitarian approach to the classification of perinatal deaths
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* Corresponding author: J Frederik Frøen frederik.froen@fhi.no
1 Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
3 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Queensland, Mater Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
5 Mater Mothers' Research Centre, Mater Health Services, Brisbane, Australia
6 Division of Family Health Development, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
7 Department of Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, Australia
8 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Kalafong Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
9 National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
10 Unit of Psychobiology of Reproduction-UCADH, Mother-Infant Department, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
11 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
12 Department of Neonatal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
13 Alberta Perinatal Health Program, Edmonton, Canada
14 Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Australia
15 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria School of Medicine, Pretoria, South Africa
16 Department of Obstetrics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
17 Division of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta Hospitals, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
18 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing Education, Akershus University College, Lillestrøm, Norway
19 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9:22 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-9-22
Published: 10 June 2009Additional files
Additional File 1:
CODAC_II. This is the Excel file that contains the actual classification system including interactive functions both to simplify classification as well as to provide automatic analysis and cross-reference to ICD-10. Macros must be allowed to enable the interactive functions. Further instructions on its use are found in the file itself.
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