Point-of-contact interactive record linkage (PIRL) between demographic surveil- lance and health facility data in rural Tanzania
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1Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK 2MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 3The Tazama Project, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania 4Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK 5MeSH Consortium, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK 6District Medical Officer, Magu District, Tanzania Abstract
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