Profile: Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 988-1001

  Kahn, Kathleen ^a,b,c   Collinson, Mark A ^a,b,c   Xavier Gomez olive F ^a,c   Mokoena, Obed ^a   Twine, Rhian ^a,c   Mee, Paul ^a,b,c   Afolabi, Sulaimon A ^a   Clark, Benjamin D ^d   Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W ^a,c   Khosa, Audrey ^a   Khoza, Simon ^a   Shabangu, Mildred G ^a   Silaule, Bernard ^a   Tibane, Jeffrey B ^a   Wagner, Ryan G ^a,b,c   Garenne, Michel L ^a,e,f   Clark, Samuel J ^a,c,g,h   Tollman, Stephen M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

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

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f Unité Mixte Internationale   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Census; Fertility; Health transition; HIV; Households; Migration; Morbidity; Mortality; Non communicable diseases; Population pyramids; Sub Saharan Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WELLBEING;

COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84865790371     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys115     Document Type: Article

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