Lay diagnosis of causes of death for monitoring AIDS mortality in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 178-186

  Araya, Tekebash ^a   Reniers, Georges ^b   Schaap, Ab ^c   Kebede, Derege ^a   Kumie, Abera ^a   Nagelkerke, Nico ^d   Coutinho, Roel ^c,e   Sanders, Eduard ^c,f  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Addis Ababa; Adult mortality; Burial surveillance; Cause of death; Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Hospital surveillance; Lay diagnosis; Methodology; Sub Saharan Africa; Verbal autopsy; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMON COLD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ADDIS ABABA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER;

EID: 0842330265     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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