Age patterns and sex ratios of adult mortality in countries with high HIV prevalence

AIDS

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages S77-S85

  Masquelier, Bruno ^a   Eaton, Jeffrey W ^b   Gerland, Patrick ^c   Pelletier, François ^c   Mutai, Kennedy K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d Evaluation and Research National AIDS Control Council   (Kenya)

Author keywords

censuses; demographic and health surveys; life tables; models projections; orphans; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NAMIBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016010979     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001332     Document Type: Article

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