High AIDS-related mortality among young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8 PART 2, 2007, Pages 587-592

  Mashego, M ^a   Johnson, D ^a,b   Frohlich, J ^a   Carrara, H ^a   Abdool Karim, Q ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCIDENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548667925     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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