Community based retrospective study of sex in infant mortality in India

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7407, 2003, Pages 126-128

  Khanna, R ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Vaghela, J F ^a   Sreenivas, V ^b   Puliyel, J M ^c  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c St Stephen's Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0038714007     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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