Demographic, epidemiological, and health transitions: Are they relevant to population health patterns in Africa?

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages

  Defo, Barthélémy Kuate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Cross national comparison; Demographic transition; Epidemiological transition; Epidemiology of population change; Global health; Health transition; Population health; Sex differentials; Sub saharan africa; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904390014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.22443     Document Type: Article

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