Demographic survey of the level and determinants of perinatal mortality in Karachi, Pakistan

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-96

  Fikree, Fariyal F ^a   Gray, Ronald H ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FETUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PAKISTAN; PARENTAL AGE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0030059212     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00029.x     Document Type: Article

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