Disease burden In sub-Saharan Africa: What should we conclude in the absence of data?

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9097, 1998, Pages 208-210

  Cooper, Richard S ^a   Osotimehin, Babatunde ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Forrester, Terrence ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Tropical Metabolism Research Unit   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032539474     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)06512-4     Document Type: Note

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