Cohort profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)-a platform for integrated research and health care provision in rural Gambia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Hennig, Branwen J ^a   Unger, Stefan A ^a,b   Dondeh, Bai Lamin ^a   Hassan, Jahid ^a   Hawkesworth, Sophie ^a,c   Jarjou, Landing ^a   Jones, Kerry S ^c   Moore, Sophie E ^a,c   Nabwera, Helen M ^a   Ngum, Mohammed ^a   Prentice, Ann ^a,c   Sonko, Bakary ^a   Prentice, Andrew M ^a   Fulford, Anthony J ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Gambia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDINKA (PEOPLE); NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

GAMBIA;

EQUUS KIANG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054013732     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv206     Document Type: Article

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