An Estimate of Neonatal Tetanus Mortality in Iceland, 1790-1839

European Journal of Population

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-69

  Vasey, Daniel E ^a  

^a Divine Word College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FARMING ACTIVITY; HISTORICAL STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RISK; NEONATAL TETANUS MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; EUROPE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HISTORICAL SURVEY; ICELAND; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFECTIONS; MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIA; TETANUS;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; HISTORICAL SURVEY; ICELAND; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIONS; MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIA; TETANUS;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE; EUROPE; ICELAND; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIA; TETANUS;

ICELAND;

EID: 0031439428     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005778332341     Document Type: Article

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