Migration and the epidemiological transition: Insights from the Agincourt sub-district of northeast South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages

  Collinson, Mark A ^a,b,c   White, Michael J ^a,d   Bocquier, Philippe ^a,e   McGarvey, Stephen T ^d   Afolabi, Sulaimon A ^a   Clark, Samuel J ^a,c,f,g   Kahn, Kathleen ^a,b,c   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 BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agincourt; Epidemiological transition; Health and demographic surveillance; Migration; Mortality; South africa; Temporary migration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904402768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23514     Document Type: Article

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