The INDEPTH network: Filling vital gaps in global epidemiology

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-588

  Sankoh, Osman ^a,b   Byass, Peter ^b,c  

^a Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COOPERATION; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF POPULATIONS AND THEIR HEALTH NETWORK; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84864513627     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys081     Document Type: Editorial

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