Provincial mortality in South Africa, 2000 - Priority-setting for now and a benchmark for the future

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 496-503

  Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Nannan, Nadine ^a   Groenewald, Pam ^a   Joubert, Jané ^a   Laubscher, Ria ^a   Nojilana, Beatrice ^a   Norman, Rosana ^a   Pieterse, Desiréé ^a   Schneider, Michelle ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 23044449209     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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