Sibling mortality correlation in Kenya

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-278

  Ikamari, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; REVIEW; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; LENGTH OF LIFE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034023281     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000002650     Document Type: Review

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