Open AccessSeasonal variation in child and old-age mortality in rural Ghana
Author(s) -
Frouke M. Engelaer,
David van Bodegom,
J. N. A. Mangione,
Ulf Eriksson,
Rudi G. J. Westendorp
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/tru007
Subject(s) - dry season , wet season , demography , child mortality , mortality rate , seasonality , medicine , population , biology , ecology , sociology
Mortality in tropical countries varies considerably from season to season. As many of these countries have seen mortality moving from child to old-age mortality, we have studied seasonal variation in child and old-age mortality in a rural area in Ghana that currently undergoes an epidemiologic transition.
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