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Measuring self-reported health in low-income countries: piloting three instruments in semi-rural Burkina Faso

Yulia BlomstedtUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Centre for Population Studies, Ageing and Living Conditions Programme, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aurélia SouaresInstitute of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Louis NiambaNouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso
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Ali SieNouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso
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Lars WeinehallUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Rainer SauerbornUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Institute of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Article: 8488 | Received 17 Aug 2011, Accepted 22 May 2012, Published online: 23 Jul 2012

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