Evolución de las causas de defunción en una ciudad de África occidental: Banjul, 1942-1997

• Main Authors: Marianne A.B. van der Sande (Author), Hazel M. Inskip (Author), Kebba O. Jaiteh (Author), Nicholas P. Maine (Author), Gijs E.L. Walraven (Author), Andrew J. Hall (Author), Keith P.W.J. McAdam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine trends in the causes of death in a West African town. Mortality caused by infectious diseases is reported to be declining while degenerative and man-made mortality factors are increasingly significant. Most mortality analyses for sub-Saharan Africa have involved extrapolation...