Feasibility of a large cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa assessed through a four-country study

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dalal, Shona ^a   Holmes, Michelle D ^a,b   Laurence, Carien ^c   Bajunirwe, Francis ^d   Guwatudde, David ^e   Njelekela, Marina ^f   Adebamowo, Clement ^g,h   Nankya Mutyoba, Joan ^e   Chiwanga, Faraja S ⁱ   Volmink, Jimmy ^c,j   Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo ^k   Kalyesubula, Robert ^l   Reid, Todd G ^a   Dockery, Douglas ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,m  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^g INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^j SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^l MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Chronic disease; Injury; Nigeria; Non communicable; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930641216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.27422     Document Type: Article

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