Estimating cause-specific mortality from community- and facility-based data sources in the United Republic of Tanzania: Options and implications for mortality burden estimates

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 940-948

  Whiting, David R ^a,b   Setel, Philip W ^c   Chandramohan, Daniel ^d   Wolfson, Lara J ^e   Hemed, Yusuf ^c   Lopez, Alan D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IL   (United States)

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

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES; INJURY; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTRATION; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33845393192     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.028910     Document Type: Article

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