Adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 757-772

  Timæus, Ian M ^a   Jasseh, Momodou ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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