Rates and risk factors for mortality during the first two years of life in rural Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 82-86

  Bloland, Peter ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Steketee, Richard W ^a   Wirima, Jack J ^a   Heymann, David L ^a   Breman, Joel G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AFRICA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SYPHILIS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0029684316     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.82     Document Type: Article

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