Verbal autopsy as a tool for diagnosing HIV-related adult deaths in rural Uganda

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 679-684

  Kamali, Anatoli ^a   Wagner, Hans Ulrich ^a   Nakiyingi, Jessica ^a   Sabiiti, Imelda ^a   Kengeya Kayondo, Jane F ^a   Mulder, Daan W ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Rural population; Uganda; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAUSES OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEWS; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; UGANDA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA;

HIV; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

UGANDA;

EID: 0029669845     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.679     Document Type: Article

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