Epidemiology of child deaths due to drowning in Matlab, Bangladesh

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 306-311

  Ahmed, M Kapil ^a   Rahman, Mizanur ^a   Van Ginneken, Jeroen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Case control study; Child mortality; Drowning as cause of death; Risk factors of child mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; MORTALITY; RURAL SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

BANGLADESH; MATLAB;

EID: 0032918948     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.2.306     Document Type: Article

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