Contribution of AIDS to the general mortality in Central Africa: Evidence from a morgue-based study in Brazzaville, Congo

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2217-2223

  Pictet, Gabriel ^a   Le Coeur, Sophie ^a   M'Pelé, Pierre ^b   Brouard, Nicolas ^a   Lallemant, Marc ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b Cité Louis Pasteur ^*  (Congo)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Demography; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONGO; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXCESS MORTALITY; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AFRICA; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032512069     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199816000-00018     Document Type: Article

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