Cohort Profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)-a Platform for Integrated Research and Health Care Provision in Rural Gambia

Overview

Journal Int J Epidemiol

Specialty Public Health

Date 2015 Nov 13

PMID 26559544

Citations 63

Authors

Branwen J Hennig

Stefan A Unger

Bai Lamin Dondeh

Jahid Hassan

Sophie Hawkesworth

Landing Jarjou

Kerry S Jones

Sophie E Moore

Helen M Nabwera

Mohammed Ngum

Ann Prentice

Bakary Sonko

Andrew M Prentice

Anthony J Fulford

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