Measurement of trends in childhood malaria mortality in Africa: An assessment of progress toward targets based on verbal autopsy

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Korenromp, Eline L ^a   Williams, Brian G ^b   Gouws, Eleanor ^b   Dye, Christopher ^b   Snow, Robert W ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AUTOPSY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

AFRICA; AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038541587     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00657-1     Document Type: Review

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