High mortality despite good care-seeking behaviour: A community study of childhood deaths in Guinea-Bissau

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Sodemann, M ^a,b   Jakobsen, M S ^a,b   Molbak K ^b   Alvarenga Jr , I C ^c   Aaby, P ^b,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c Ministry of Health   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d Projecto de Saúde ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR; INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; CHILD MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES EVALUATION; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; NEEDS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGUESE SPEAKING AFRICA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AFRICA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

EID: 0030868995     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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