Trends in non-communicable disease mortality among adult residents in Nairobi's slums, 2003–2011: applying InterVA-4 to verbal autopsy data

BACKGROUND: About 80% of deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) occur in developing countries such as Kenya. However, not much is known about the burden of NCDs in slums, which account for about 60% of the residences of the urban population in Kenya. This study examines trends in NCD mortality...

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Published in:Glob Health Action
Main Authors: Oti, Samuel O., van de Vijver, Steven, Kyobutungi, Catherine
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Co-Action Publishing 2014
Subjects:
Indepth Network Cause-Specific Mortality
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220149/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377336
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.25533
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