Comparing causes of death between formal and informal neighborhoods in urban Africa: Evidence from ouagadougou health and demographic surveillance system

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Soura, Abdramane Bassiahi ^a   Lankoande, Bruno ^a   Millogo, Roch ^a   Bangha, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b INDEPTH Secretariat ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Formal and informal neighborhoods; Ouagadougou; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BURKINA FASO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BURKINA FASO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84940417062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25523     Document Type: Article

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