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Catherine Kyobutungi
Epidemiology
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Open AccessThe burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System
With increasing urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums are characteristically unplanned...
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Open AccessAll-cause and Cardiovascular mortality among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: a cohort study
Migration is a phenomenon of particular Public Health importance. Since 1990, almost 2 million ethnic Germans (Aussiedler) have migrated from the former Soviet Union (FSU) to Germany. This study compares their ov...
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Large-scale, Population-based Epidemiological Studies with Record Linkage can be done in Germany
Record linkage is an invaluable tool for many epidemiological studies. So far, however, in Europe it has mainly been used in Scandinavian countries with nationwide registration systems. Using the example of a ...
