Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh: Age-specific effects of previous child's death

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-348

  Alam, Nurul ^a   David, Patricia H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGY; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECORDS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOUTHERN ASIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031820842     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932098003332     Document Type: Article

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