Volume 54 - Article 41 | Pages 1335–1374
Collecting data on HIV/AIDS mortality during household surveys: A randomized validation study in Malawi
By Albert Dube, Abena Amoah, Sarah Brumfield, Estelle McLean, Georges Reniers, Amelia Crampin, Stéphane Helleringer
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