Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 462-471

  Beguy, Donatien ^a   Elung'ata, Patricia ^a   Mberu, Blessing ^a   Oduor, Clement ^a   Wamukoya, Marylene ^a   Nganyi, Bonface ^a   Ezeh, Alex ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH; CHILD HEALTH; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KENYA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936746593     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu251     Document Type: Article

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