Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 624-633 , July 2006

Correlation between national income, HIV/AIDS and political status and mortalities in African countries

  • S.Y. Andoh

      Affiliations

    • Health Promotion, Division of Public Health, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Umezaki

      Affiliations

    • International Health and Medicine, Division of Public Health, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medecine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • K. Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • International Health and Medicine, Division of Public Health, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Kizuki

      Affiliations

    • Health Promotion, Division of Public Health, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Takano

      Affiliations

    • Health Promotion, Division of Public Health, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5803 5190; fax: +81 3 3818 7176.

Received 15 April 2005 ,Revised 16 January 2006 ,Accepted 5 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.04.008

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