Data resource profile: The general population cohort in rural southwestern Uganda: A platform for communicable and non-communicable disease studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-141

  Asiki, Gershim ^a   Murphy, Georgina ^b,c   Nakiyingi Miiro, Jessica ^a,d   Seeley, Janet ^a,c,e   Nsubuga, Rebecca N ^a   Karabarinde, Alex ^a   Waswa, Laban ^a   Biraro, Sam ^a   Kasamba, Ivan ^a   Pomilla, Cristina ^b,c   Maher, Dermot ^f   Young, Elizabeth H ^b,c   Kamali, Anatoli ^a,d   Sandhu, Manjinder S ^b,c   Bbuye, Andrew ^g   Ssessanga, Hussein ^g   Bikaali, Herman ^g   Mwesigye, Lucian ^g   Lubwama, Vincent ^g   Ddamulira, Hamidu ^g   Sekawutu, Zakaria ^g   Kweta, Musa ^g   Nakayiza, Lucy ^g   Kizza, Robert ^g   Sabiiti, Imelda ^g   Kato, Dorothy ^g   Katwiita, Stephen ^g   Abigaba, Florence ^g   Sematiko, Elon ^g   Ssessanga, Safina ^g   Nyanzi, Ruth ^g   Mbabazi, Pelegrino ^g   Mweruka, Charles Dickens ^g   Nakassagga, Sulainah ^g   Namuganga, Sarah ^g   Nalwoga, Agnes ^g   Lubowa, Edward ^g   Naluwugge, Josephine ^g   Nakibirango, Victoria ^g   Sekitoleko, Mathias ^g   Nalweyiso, Norah ^g   Lubega, Rose ^g   Kabalisa, Teopista ^g   Mondo, George ^g   Kasubo, Phoebe ^g   Nazziwa, Gertrude ^g   Katende, Justine ^g   Nakitto, Josephine ^g   Arinaitwe, Julius ^g   Nansubuga, Harriet ^g   Kiyimba, Sarah ^g   Nakayiza, Jane ^g   Musoke, Christine ^g   Kazibwe, Sebastian ^g   Nanono, Victo ^g   Kabagenyi, Chaddress ^g   Kibuuka, Joseph ^g   Nanteza, Mary ^g   Musoke, Annet ^g   Namagembe, Mariam ^g   Kitumba, Joseph ^g   Kibirige, Leo ^g   Nandawula, Levokata ^g   Senyomo, Gerald ^g   Mubiru, Evah ^g   Senyonga, Ruth ^g   Kiwanuka, Ben ^g   Ruberantwari, Anthony ^g   Ssematimba, Duncan ^g   Babigumira, Kenneth ^g   Ouma, Joseph ^g   Ajuna, Brian ^g   Owilla, Sebastian ^g   Okello, Justin ^g   Kahwa, Joseph ^g   Tabuga, Patrick ^g   Eotu, Henry ^g   Muhigirwa, Edward ^g   Vudriko, Tobias ^g   Nabankema, Margaret ^g   Were, Jackson ^g   more..

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Communicable and non communicable diseases; Data resource profile; General population cohort; Uganda

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFRASTRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; UGANDA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875583352     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys234     Document Type: Article

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