The effects of water supply and sanitation on childhood mortality in urban Eritrea

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-227

  Woldemicael, Gebremariam ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERITREA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; REVIEW; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENVIRONMENT; ERITREA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; LENGTH OF LIFE; MORTALITY; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; SANITATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORSHIP; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERITREA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034022682     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000002078     Document Type: Review

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