Estimation of AIDS adult mortality by verbal autopsy in rural Malawi

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2509-2513

  Doctor, Henry V ^a   Weinreb, Alexander A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; AIDS; Malawi; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ALGORITHM; AUTOPSY; CALCULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTOPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 1642374342     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200311210-00014     Document Type: Review

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