The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-704

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   Rowe, Samantha Y ^a,b   Snow, Robert W ^c,d   Korenromp, Eline L ^e   Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M ^f,g   Stein, Claudia ^e   Nahlen, Bernard L ^a,e   Bryce, Jennifer ^e   Black, Robert E ^h   Steketee, Richard W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^g IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Child; Epidemiology; Malaria; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MALARIA; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDITY;

AFRICA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA;

EID: 33745612071     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl027     Document Type: Review

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