Adult mortality and probable cause of death in rural northern Malawi in the era of HIV treatment

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Chihana, Menard ^a   Floyd, Sian ^b   Molesworth, Anna ^a,b   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   Kayuni, Ndoliwe ^a   Price, Alison ^a,b   Zaba, Basia ^b   Jahn, Andreas ^b   Mvula, Hazzie ^a   Dube, Albert ^a   Ngwira, Bagrey ^a,b   Glynn, Judith R ^b   French, Neil ^a,b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Cause of death; HIV; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASES; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MALAWI;

EID: 84864390267     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02929.x     Document Type: Article

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