Causes of childhood deaths in Bangladesh: Results of a nationwide verbal autopsy study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-171

  Baqui, A H ^a,b,c   Black, R E ^b   Arifeen, S E ^a   Hill, K ^b   Mitra, S N ^d   Al Sabir, A ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Mitra and Associates ^*  (Bangladesh)

^d Mitra and Associates   (Bangladesh)

^e National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DROWNING; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNIZATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; SANITATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CAUSES OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF LIFE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; SURVIVORSHIP;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031745343     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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