Magnitude of ebola relative to other causes of death in liberia, sierra leone, and guinea

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e255-e256

  Helleringer, Stephane ^a   Noymer, Andrew ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GUINEA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIBERIA; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMICS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84927760676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70103-8     Document Type: Letter

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