Comparison of two methods for assessing child mortality in areas without comprehensive registration systems

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 610-613

  Diallo, D A ^a   Habluetzel, A ^a,b   Esposito, F ^b   Cousens, S N ^c  

^a Ctr Natl Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Child death assessment; Demographic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGISTRATION;

EID: 0030464588     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90405-8     Document Type: Article

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