Mothers' education and childhood mortality in Ghana

Health Policy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-309

  Buor, Daniel ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Childhood mortality; Development; Mothers' education; Postnatal care; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MOTHERS; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037740944     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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