Open AccessEpidemiologic transition interrupted: a reassessment of mortality trends in Thailand, 1980–2000
Author(s) -
Kenneth Hill,
Patama Vapattanawong,
Pramote Prasartkul,
Yawarat Porapakkham,
Stephen S Lim,
Alan D López
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyl257
Subject(s) - epidemiological transition , epidemiology , demography , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , virology , sociology
In the late 1980s and early 1990s a generalized HIV epidemic affected Thailand which was relatively well controlled by an intensive national campaign by the mid 1990s. The extent to which the epidemic has slowed or possibly reversed the epidemiological transition in Thailand is relatively unknown.
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