The effects of breastfeeding and birth spacing on infant and early childhood mortality in Ethiopia

Social Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Lindstrom, David P ^a   Berhanu, Betemariam ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STARVATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034158142     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2000.9989006     Document Type: Article

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