Determinants of child mortality in a Rural Ugandan Community

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 630-635

  Kaharuza, F ^a,b   Sabroe, S ^b   Scheutz, F ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 0035527434     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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