Cohort profile: Africa centre demographic information system (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 956-962

  Tanser, Frank ^a   Hosegood, Victoria ^a,b   Bärnighausen, Till ^a   Herbst, Kobus ^a   Nyirenda, Makandwe ^a   Muhwava, William ^a   Newell, Colin ^a   Viljoen, Johannes ^a   Mutevedzi, Tinofa ^a   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA;

EID: 53349122073     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym211     Document Type: Article

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