Random demographic household surveys in highly mobile pastoral communities in Chad;Enquêtes démographiques aléatoires auprès des ménages dans les communautés pastorales hautement nomades du tchad

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 385-389

  Weibel, Daniel ^a   Béchir, Mahamat ^b   Hattendorf, Jan ^a   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^c   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a   Schelling, Esther ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre de Support en Santé Internationale   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NOMADIC PEOPLE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHAD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

CHAD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION;

CHAD; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 79955966624     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.077206     Document Type: Article

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