Rates and causes of death in Chiradzulu District, Malawi, 2008: A key informant study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-378

  Checchi, Francesco ^a   Nyasulu, Peter ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^a  

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

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cause of death; HIV; Malawi; Mortality; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAPTURE METHOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

CHIRADZULU; MALAWI;

EID: 79951736512     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02702.x     Document Type: Article

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