Maternal determinants of child survival in a rural African community

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 998-1004

  Van Den Broeck, Jan ^a   Eeckels, Roger ^b   Massa, Guy ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Health care availability; Maternal diseases; Maternal school education; Parity; Zaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL--DETERMINANTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTANCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; EXCESS MORTALITY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; LENGTH OF LIFE; MIDDLE AFRICA; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; MULTIPARITY; PARENTS; PARITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRESS; STUDIES; SURVIVORSHIP; YOUTH; ZAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MORTALITY DATA; MORTALITY DETERMINANT; MOTHERS' CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL AREA; RURAL PEOPLE;

ZAIRE;

EID: 0029660655     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.5.998     Document Type: Article

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