Low-cost interventions accelerate epidemiological transition in Upper East Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Meij, J J ^a   de Craen, A J M ^a   Agana, J ^b   Plug, D ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Epidemiological transition; Life expectancy; Mortality; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149456490     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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