Infant and child mortality determinants in Bangladesh: Are they changing?

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-399

  Majumder, Abul Kashem ^a,d   May, Marian ^b   Pant, Prakash Dev ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; INFANT MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; MORTALITY; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIRTH INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0030609752     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932097003854     Document Type: Article

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