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Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers?

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BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: Demographic surveillance--the process of monitoring births, deaths, causes of deaths, and migration in a population over time--is one of the cornerstones of public health research, particularly in investigating and tackling health disparities. An international network of demographic surveillance systems (DSS) now operates, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Thirty-eight DSS sites are coordinated by the International Network for the Continuous Demographic Evaluat...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0050057

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PLoS medicine Journal website
Volume:
5
Issue:
2
Article number:
e57
Publication date:
2008-02-01
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EISSN:
1549-1676
ISSN:
1549-1277
Language:
English
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uuid:6f3b01c8-2046-406a-a21f-bc66e1ac76de
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pubs:40700
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40700
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2012-12-19

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