Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (RUFIJI HDSS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 472-483

  Mrema, Sigilbert ^a   Kante, Almamy M ^a,b   Levira, Francis ^a   Mono, Amaniel ^a   Irema, Kahema ^a   De Savigny, Don ^c   Masanja, Honorati ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Demography; Fertility; INDEPTH net work; Migration; Mortality; Rufiji; Tanzania; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH IMPACT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

PWANI; RUFIJI; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936757762     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv018     Document Type: Article

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