Mortality patterns, 1993-98, in a rural area of Burkina Faso, West Africa, based on the Nouna demographic surveillance system

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-356

  Kynast Wolf, G ^a   Sankoh, O A ^a   Gbangou, A ^a   Kouyate B ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic surveillance; Poisson regression; Sub Saharan Africa; Total mortality

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0036272298     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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