Geography of child mortality clustering within African families

Health and Place

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-117

  Kuate Defo, Barthélémy ^a   Diallo, Khassoum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Child mortality; Clustering; Concentration; Geography

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036218420     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(01)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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