Exposing misclassified HIV/AIDS deaths in South Africa;Présentation du classement incorrect des décès liés au VIH/SIDA en Afrique du Sud

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-285

  Birnbaum, Jeanette Kurian ^a   Murray, Christopher JL ^a   Lozano, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAL STATISTICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 79955538320     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.086280     Document Type: Article

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