The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira ^a   Ezeh, Alex ^a   Yé, Yazoumé ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KENYA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 42349095070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-6-1     Document Type: Article

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