Assessing population dynamics in a ruralAafrican society: The Navrongo Demographic Surveillance System

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-391

  Binka, Fred N ^a   Ngom, Pierre ^a   Phillips, James F ^b   Adazu, Kubaje ^a   MacLeod, Bruce B ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0032766697     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932099003752     Document Type: Article

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