HIV/AIDS in South Africa: How many people died from the disease between 1997 and 2010?

AIDS

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 771-778

  Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Msemburi, William ^a   Dorrington, Rob ^b   Pillay Van Wyk, Victoria ^a   Laubscher, Ria ^a   Groenewald, Pam ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; misattribution of cause of death; mortality rates; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; ICD-10; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAL STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945545042     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000947     Document Type: Article

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