Establishing the causes of childhood mortality in Ghana: The 'spirit child'

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1007-1012

  Allotey, Pascale ^a   Reidpath, Daniel ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Congenital malformations; Ghana; Infanticide; Traditional practices; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE; INFANTICIDE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ABNORMALITIES; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY;

GHANA;

EID: 0035151323     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00207-0     Document Type: Article

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