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Standardized mortality ratios between street-connected young people and the general age-equivalent population in an urban setting in Kenya from 2010 to 2015

Mia Kibela Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;b Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9385-9575View further author information
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James Pierzchalskib Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada;c Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-3677View further author information
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Lauren Gorfinkeld Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-4027View further author information
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Lonnie Embletona Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;e Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-8903View further author information
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David Ayukuf College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7401-1165View further author information
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Robert Hoggb Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada;c Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-5488View further author information
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Paula Braitsteina Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;g College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, KenyaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 1802097 | Received 20 Mar 2020, Accepted 13 Jul 2020, Published online: 21 Aug 2020

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