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Supplement 1, 2013

Convergence in fertility of South Africans and Mozambicans in rural South Africa, 1993–2009

Jill WilliamsInstitute of Behavioral Science, Population Program, University of Colorado Boulder CO Boulder, USA;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Latifat IbisomiMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Demography and Population Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Benn SartoriusSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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Kathleen KahnMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Umeå University, Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå, Sweden;INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana
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Mark CollinsonMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Umeå University, Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå, Sweden;INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana
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Stephen TollmanMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Umeå University, Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå, Sweden;INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana
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Michel GarenneMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France;Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Unite Mixte Internationale (UMI) Résiliences, Paris, France
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Article: 19236 | Received 30 Jul 2012, Accepted 10 Oct 2012, Published online: 24 Jan 2013

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