Spatial Clustering of All-Cause and HIV-Related Mortality in a Rural South African Population (2000-2006)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Namosha, Elias ^a,b   Sartorius, Benn ^a   Tanser, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880741508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069279     Document Type: Article

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