Cause of death among peoplewith retroviral infection in rural Guinea-Bissau

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-183

  Cooper, Maxwell ^a   Van Der Loeff, Maarten Schim ^b   McConkey, Samuel ^c   Cooper, Sarah ^d   Vincent, Tim ^e   Whittle, Hilton ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Medical Research Council   (Guinea-Bissau)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77954401536     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.090460     Document Type: Article

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