Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1565-1571

  Alberts, Marianne ^a,b   Dikotope, Sekgothe A ^a   Choma, Solomon R ^a   Masemola, Matshane L ^a   Modjadji, Sewela E P ^a   Mashinya, Felistas ^a   Burger, Sandra ^a   Cook, Ian ^a   Brits, Sanette J ^a   Byass, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; COOPERATION; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84952941478     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv157     Document Type: Article

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