Childhood cause-specific mortality in rural Western Kenya: Application of the InterVA-4 model

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Amek, Nyaguara O ^a   Odhiambo, Frank O ^a   Khagayi, Sammy ^a   Moige, Hellen ^a   Orwa, Gordon ^a   Hamel, Mary J ^b   Van Eijk, Annemieke ^a   Vulule, John ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^b   Laserson, Kayla F ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and demographic surveillance; InterVA; Under 5; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84939241870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25581     Document Type: Article

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